Plaza I (26593)

How does Plaza I (26593) 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. Its site EUI of 276.4 kBtu/ft² is about 477% above the average of 47.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 28,600 sq ft, it is about 80% 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.

What does a site EUI of 276.4 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. Plaza I (26593)'s 276.4 kBtu/ft² across 28,600 sq ft works out to about 7.9 billion Btu (2,317 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 392.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 8,838 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Plaza I (26593) to report its energy use?

Plaza I (26593) 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:31-mf-07710:2023). 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.