6045 Kenwood Building
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6045 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago IL, 60637 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 172151

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Building Info

Square Footage: 99,163 sqft
Lower than 65% of all buildings
0.7x median
139,707 sqft
1/3 median Office
259,000 sqft
Built: 2009
Primary Property Type: Office
Community Area: Woodlawn
Chicago Energy Rating: 1.0 / 4
Owner

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 79.7 kg CO₂e / sqft
#3 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#1 Highest of Offices 🚨
12x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
12x median Office
6.9 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 7,899.6 tons CO₂e
Higher than 96% of all buildings
9x median
885.8 tons CO₂e
4.3x median Office
1,832.2 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 8/8 A

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Note: Buildings are marked as reporting when we have greenhouse gas intensity values for them, but some buildings are missing GHG intensity values but have reported the underlying energy use data, but we're unsure why this is the case.

Energy Breakdown

Natural Gas Use: 91,728 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $1,000 for 2022**
Lower than 92% of all buildings
1/63 median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
1/29 median Office
2,672,800.1 kBtu
Electricity Use: 40,478,338.3 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $1,696,000 for 2022**
Higher than 96% of all buildings
11x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
3.9x median Office
10,340,763.6 kBtu
District Steam Use: 5,892,593 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district steam, so we don't currently have comparison data.
District Chilled Water Use: 41,211,957.9 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district chilling, so we don't currently have comparison data.

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 87,674,617 kBTU

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Source Energy Usage Intensity: 1,593.6 kBtu / sqft
#3 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#1 Highest of Offices 🚨
12x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
11x median Office
142.6 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 884.1 kBtu / sqft
#2 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#1 Highest of Offices 🚨
11x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
13x median Office
66.3 kBtu / sqft

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	Natural Gas Use kBTU	District Steam Use kBTU
2015	99,164	-	-	14.2	1,405	262.2	338,613	112,240	7,752,201
2016	99,164	-	-	41.9	4,156.8	742.8	13,280,230	98,010	8,251,769
2017	99,164	-	-	48.6	4,819.9	856.3	16,569,109	-	7,710,064
2018	95,342	4.0	-	67.8	6,466.2	1153.7	28,083,834	-	6,767,066
2019	99,163	4.0	95	62.8	6,223.4	1117.1	28,653,798	-	5,295,235
2020	99,163	1.0	-	51.1	5,069	907.7	20,757,693	103,570	5,022,596
2021	99,163	1.0	-	69.4	6,886.4	1312.6	32,537,674	112,836	6,679,391
2022	99,163	1.0	-	79.7	7,899.6	1593.6	40,478,338	91,728	5,892,593

* 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

What Should We Do About This?

Practically every building has room to improve with energy efficiency upgrades like insulation, switching to ENERGY STAR rated appliances, and more, but for any buildings with large natural gas use, we recommend one thing: electrify!

In other words, buildings should look to move all on-site uses of fossil fuels (including space heating, water heating, and cooking) to electrically powered systems like industrial grade heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, and induction stoves. With Illinois' current electric supply, just using the same amount of energy from electricity, rather than natural gas (aka methane) will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is because Illinois' grid in 2020 was already 67% carbon-free (see Illinois - Power | DecarbMyState ). This has already been done across the country with a variety of buildings, large and small, like the Hotel Marcel .

You can help make this a reality by talking to building owners and letting them know that a building's emissions are important to you, and that you want to see their building become fully electric and stop emitting greenhouse gases. Particularly for buildings you have a financial stake in (like your university, work, condo building, or apartment building) your voice in concert with your fellow building users can have a huge impact.

Additional Resources

See some additional resources on improving energy efficiency and understanding this data:

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