Visitation School

How does Visitation School 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. Visitation School's ENERGY STAR score of 55 compares with an average of 65 across the 70 that report a score; it scores higher than 37% of them and lower than 61%. Its site EUI of 91.2 kBtu/ft² is about 82% above the average of 50.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 60,000 sq ft, it is about 40% below 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 Visitation School's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Kansas City disclosures for Visitation School, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 67 in 2022 to 55 in 2023 (-12 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 67. Site EUI moved from 78.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 91.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 17% increase.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 55 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 55 means the building performs better than about 55% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 55 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 20 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. Visitation School's 91.2 kBtu/ft² across 60,000 sq ft works out to about 5.5 billion Btu (1,604 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 107.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 308 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Visitation School to report its energy use?

Visitation School 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:12-IS-05120:2023). 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.