Swope Ridge Gardens

How does Swope Ridge Gardens 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. Swope Ridge Gardens's ENERGY STAR score of 43 compares with an average of 70 across the 123 that report a score; it scores higher than 21% of them and lower than 77%. Its site EUI of 38.9 kBtu/ft² is about 19% below the average of 47.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 59,624 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 Swope Ridge Gardens's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Kansas City disclosures for Swope Ridge Gardens, covering report years 2021–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score was 43 in both 2021 and 2022. Site EUI moved from 37.7 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 38.9 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 320 tCO₂e to 302 tCO₂e over the same span (down 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 43 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 43 means the building performs better than about 43% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 43 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 32 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. Swope Ridge Gardens's 38.9 kBtu/ft² across 59,624 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (680 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 108.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,221 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Swope Ridge Gardens to report its energy use?

Swope Ridge Gardens 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 2022 disclosure (source record kansas_city:30-CM-05910:2022). 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.