LEAF Properties

How does LEAF Properties compare with other K-12 school buildings in Kansas City?

The latest disclosures cover 124 K-12 school buildings in Kansas City, out of 1,628 buildings citywide. LEAF Properties's ENERGY STAR score of 80 compares with an average of 65 across the 70 that report a score; it scores higher than 61% of them and lower than 36%. Its site EUI of 53.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 50.0 kBtu/ft².

At 130,133 sq ft, it is about 30% above the average floor area of 99,723 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has LEAF Properties's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Kansas City disclosures for LEAF Properties, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 79 in 2021 to 80 in 2023 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 85. Site EUI moved from 56.1 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 53.9 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 632 tCO₂e to 591 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 80 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 80 means the building performs better than about 80% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 80 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. LEAF Properties's 53.9 kBtu/ft² across 130,133 sq ft works out to about 7 billion Btu (2,056 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 97.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,556 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires LEAF Properties to report its energy use?

LEAF Properties 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:45-CM-12410:2023). 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.