Grand Boulevard Lofts

How does Grand Boulevard Lofts compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Kansas City?

The latest disclosures cover 292 multifamily housing buildings in Kansas City, out of 1,628 buildings citywide. Grand Boulevard Lofts's ENERGY STAR score of 77 compares with an average of 70 across the 123 that report a score; it scores higher than 46% of them and lower than 54%. Its site EUI of 45.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 47.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 134,034 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 140,116 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Grand Boulevard Lofts's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Kansas City disclosures for Grand Boulevard Lofts, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 82 in 2021 to 77 in 2023 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 82. Site EUI moved from 42.1 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 45.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 7% increase. Reported emissions went from 791 tCO₂e to 751 tCO₂e over the same span (down 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 77 mean?

ENERGY STAR scores run from 1 to 100 and are computed by the EPA's Portfolio Manager as a percentile against similar buildings nationwide, adjusted for climate, size and use: a score of 77 means the building performs better than about 77% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 77 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. In Kansas City, 46% of scored buildings are at 75 or above.

Site energy-use intensity (EUI) is the energy a building uses on site in a year divided by its floor area, in thousand Btu per square foot — lower is more efficient. Grand Boulevard Lofts's 45.0 kBtu/ft² across 134,034 sq ft works out to about 6 billion Btu (1,768 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 125.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 5,319 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Grand Boulevard Lofts to report its energy use?

Grand Boulevard Lofts reports under the Energy Empowerment Ordinance (No. 150299), the legal basis of Kansas City's Energy and Water Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2023 disclosure (source record kansas_city:06-MF-01015:2023). Kansas City's Energy Empowerment Ordinance requires annual energy and water benchmarking for commercial and multifamily buildings over 50,000 sq ft (and for city-owned buildings), with public disclosure of results.