Liberty

How does Liberty 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. Liberty's ENERGY STAR score of 88 compares with an average of 70 across the 123 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 40%. Its site EUI of 40.0 kBtu/ft² is about 16% below the average of 47.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 60,200 sq ft, it is about 57% below 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 Liberty's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Kansas City disclosures for Liberty, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 90 in 2021 to 88 in 2023 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 90. Site EUI moved from 41.7 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 40.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 280 tCO₂e to 268 tCO₂e over the same span (down 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 88 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 88 means the building performs better than about 88% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 88 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Liberty's 40.0 kBtu/ft² across 60,200 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (706 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 98.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,968 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Liberty to report its energy use?

Liberty 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:01-MF-00912:2023). 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.