55 E Monroe
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55 E Monroe St, Chicago IL, 60603 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 101717

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Building Info

Square Footage: 2,065,628.9 sqft
#22 Largest
#11 Largest of Offices
15x median
139,707 sqft
8x median Office
259,000 sqft
Built: 1972
Primary Property Type: Office
Community Area: Loop
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2022 Report Card

Overall Grade

Emissions Intensity - 50%

Energy Mix - 40%

Consistent Reporting - 10%

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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity D: 8.1 kg CO₂e / sqft
Higher than 75% of all buildings
1.3x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
1.2x median Office
6.9 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 12,986.6 tons CO₂e
#41 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#13 Highest of Offices 🚩
15x median
885.8 tons CO₂e
7x median Office
1,832.2 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 8/9
A

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Energy Breakdown

Fossil Gas Use (aka Natural Gas): 0 kBtu
Lower than 97% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
5,818,399.6 kBtu
Median Office
2,672,800.1 kBtu
This Building Didn't Burn Any Fossil Gas! 🎉
This building burned no fossil gas on-site and isn't connected to a district heating system, meaning it's fully electric! View Chicago's Biggest Gas Free Buildings .
Electricity Use: 86,540,180.9 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $3,627,000 for 2022**
#30 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#14 Highest of Offices 🚩
23x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
8x median Office
10,340,763.6 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use: 30,132,754.3 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district chilling, so we don't currently have comparison data.

Energy Mix A

Total Energy Use: 116,672,935 kBTU

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Source Energy Usage Intensity: Not Reported
This data was not reported for this building this year, which likely means a value of zero for this field.
Site Energy Usage Intensity: Not Reported
This data was not reported for this building this year, which likely means a value of zero for this field.

Full Historical Data Table

Year	Floor Area sqft	Chicago Energy Rating	Energy Star Score	GHG Intensity kg CO₂e / sqft	GHG Emissions metric tons CO₂e	Source EUI kBTU / sqft	Electricity Use kBTU	Fossil Gas Use kBTU	District Steam Use kBTU	District Chilled Water Use kBTU	Energy Mix
2014	1,674,462	-	64	14.82	24,809	236	111,793,907	1,063,517	-	43,490,499	72%Electricity 1%Fossil Gas 28%Other
2015	1,674,462	-	69	13.8	23,098	220.7	102,358,601	1,019,668	-	47,038,919	68%Electricity 1%Fossil Gas 31%Other
2016	1,674,462	-	70	12.9	21,589.5	223.4	99,652,270.9	1,223,415	-	59,895,646	62%Electricity 1%Fossil Gas 37%Other
2017	1,674,462	-	78	12.5	20,870.7	214.3	101,014,580	1,164,338	-	40,451,726	71%Electricity 1%Fossil Gas 28%Other
2018	1,674,462	2.5	51	12.1	20,341.3	205	109,376,778	-	-	40,700,220.4	73%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 27%Other
2019	1,674,462	2.5	59		-		104,591,823.3	-	-	-
2020	2,144,478	4.0	68	9.3	15,558.4	166	88,292,385.4	-	-	33,751,199.6	72%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 28%Other
2021	2,144,478	2.5	59	8.6	14,344.1	165.5	88,161,951.5	-	-	33,249,275.3	73%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 27%Other
2022	2,065,628.9	-	-	8.1	12,986.6	169	86,540,180.9	-	-	30,132,754.3	74%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 26%Other

* Note on Rankings: Rankings and medians are among included buildings, which are those who reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for the year 2022, which only applies to buildings over 50,000 square feet.

** Note on Bill Estimates: Estimates for gas and electric bills are based on average electric and gas retail prices for Chicago in 2021 and are rounded. We expect large buildings would negotiate lower rates with utilities, but these estimates serve as an upper bound of cost and help understand the volume of energy a building is used by comparing it to your own energy bills! See our Chicago Gas & Electric Costs Source for the original statistics.

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data

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