2021 Kansas City Energy and Water Consumption Benchmarking for Community-Wide Buildings

data.kcmo.org | Last Updated 9 Aug 2022

The 2021 Energy and Water consumption sent to the City by owners of buildings 50,000 SQFT or greater using the Energy Star Portfolio Manager tool. Data is required by the Energy Empowerment Ordinance in Kansas City, Missouri. The data was collected in 2022 and might be appended as new submissions come in.

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This dataset has the following 22 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Kansas City Building IDkansas_city_building_idtextUnique Benchmarking ID assigned to each building
Building Addressbuilding_addresstextStreet address
Building Citybuilding_citytextCity that the building is located in: Kansas City Missouri.
Building Statebuilding_statetextState the building is located in: Missouri
Building Zipbuilding_zipnumberThe zip code the building is located in
Building Namebuilding_nametextBuilding name assigned by point of contact for property
Primary Typeprimary_typetextA self-selected main property use type
Gross Floor Areagross_floor_areanumberTotal SQFT between the building and parking
Submission Status #6submission_status_6textStatus of submission
X Coordinatex_coordinatenumberLatitude coordinates
Y Coordinatey_coordinatenumberLongitude coordinates
Owner Companyowner_companytextCompany Owner - found in the KCMO Parcel Viewer
Compliance Requiredcompliance_requiredtextRequired to submit benchmarking but also includes Voluntary submissions
Submission Yearsubmission_yearnumberYear utility data is being submitted. The utility data is from the previous calendar year.
ENERGY STAR Scoreenergy_star_scoretextA score generated by the national Energy Star Program used to compare the building to other similar building types. The score is out of 1-100 where 50 is the median and 75 is at the upper quartile. Not all buildings are eligible for a score.
Weather Normalized Site EUI (kBtu/ft²)weather_normalized_site_euitextEnergy use per SQFT that has been normalized to account for both weather and source of energy
Direct GHG Emissions (Metric Tons CO2e)direct_ghg_emissions_metricnumberDirect GHG (low amounts tend to round to 0)
Indirect GHG Emissions (Metric Tons CO2e)indirect_ghg_emissions_metricnumberIndirect GHG (low amounts tend to round to 0)
Weather Normalized Source EUI (kBtu/ft²)weather_normalized_sourcetextEnergy use per SQFT that has been normalized to account for weather. compared to Site, this is more reflective of what you'd find on a utility billing statement.
Indoor Water Use (All Water Sources) (kgal)indoor_water_use_all_watertextIndoor water usage for the building
Outdoor Water Use (All Water Sources) (kgal)outdoor_water_use_all_watertextOutdoor water usage for the building
Water Use (All Water Sources) (kgal)water_use_all_water_sourcesnumberTotal water usage for the building