Shoal Creek

How does Shoal Creek 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. Shoal Creek's ENERGY STAR score of 57 compares with an average of 65 across the 70 that report a score; it scores higher than 40% of them and lower than 57%. Its site EUI of 52.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 50.0 kBtu/ft².

At 101,162 sq ft, it is roughly in line with 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 Shoal Creek's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Kansas City disclosures for Shoal Creek, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 45 in 2021 to 57 in 2023 (+12 points). Site EUI moved from 53.1 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 52.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 597 tCO₂e to 491 tCO₂e over the same span (down 18%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 57 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 57 means the building performs better than about 57% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 57 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 18 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. 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. Shoal Creek's 52.2 kBtu/ft² across 101,162 sq ft works out to about 5.3 billion Btu (1,548 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 104.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 697 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Shoal Creek to report its energy use?

Shoal Creek 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:57-CM-09010:2023). 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.