Major
Political Science
Anticipated Graduation Year
2025
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Open Access
Abstract
Through the City of Chicago’s Energy Benchmarking Ordinance, buildings over 50,000 square feet must report on the building's energy information. After reporting this information, the building is given a Chicago Energy rating and required to display their number to the public. However, information on the buildings architect, developer, and engineer are not required making it difficult to hold buildings with low rating accountable. The research for my project consisted of trying to collect that data and seeing if there would be a way to hold poor rating buildings responsible to hopefully spark more eco-friendly building developments.
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Uptown Chicago Energy Benchmarking Research
Through the City of Chicago’s Energy Benchmarking Ordinance, buildings over 50,000 square feet must report on the building's energy information. After reporting this information, the building is given a Chicago Energy rating and required to display their number to the public. However, information on the buildings architect, developer, and engineer are not required making it difficult to hold buildings with low rating accountable. The research for my project consisted of trying to collect that data and seeing if there would be a way to hold poor rating buildings responsible to hopefully spark more eco-friendly building developments.