900 North Michigan
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900 North Michigan, Chicago IL, 60611 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 103745

Building Info

Square Footage: 2,731,896 sqft
#12 Largest
#2 Largest of Mixed Use Properties
20x median
139,707 sqft
5x median Mixed Use Property
545,428.5 sqft
Built: 1989
Primary Property Type: Mixed Use Property
Community Area: Near North Side
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 9.8 kg CO₂e / sqft
Higher than 86% of all buildings
1.5x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
1.2x median Mixed Use Property
8.1 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 20,834.8 tons CO₂e
#11 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#2 Highest of Mixed Use Properties 🚨
24x median
885.8 tons CO₂e
7x median Mixed Use Property
2,913.6 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 8/8 A

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Energy Breakdown

Natural Gas Use: 42,277,825.9 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $504,000 for 2022**
Higher than 96% of all buildings
7x median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
3.2x median Mixed Use Property
13,083,087.5 kBtu
Electricity Use: 141,132,694.9 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $5,915,000 for 2022**
#9 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#1 Highest of Mixed Use Properties 🚨
37x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
9x median Mixed Use Property
15,085,130.5 kBtu

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 183,410,521 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info

Source Energy Usage Intensity: 205.7 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 86% of all buildings
1.6x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.2x median Mixed Use Property
167.6 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 85.8 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 60% of all buildings
1.1x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.1x median Mixed Use Property
80.2 kBtu / sqft

Full Historical Data Table

Year	Floor Area sqft	GHG Intensity kg CO₂e / sqft	GHG Emissions metric tons CO₂e	Source EUI kBTU / sqft	Electricity Use kBTU	Natural Gas Use kBTU
2015	2,136,748	16.2	34,596	258.1	159,134,349	49,405,237
2016	2,136,748	14.5	31,087.9	250.9	155,648,206	45,158,996
2017	2,136,748	14.2	30,414.3	245.2	150,283,690	49,471,039
2018	2,136,748	12.9	27,562.5	220.4	151,334,176	44,920,241
2019	2,136,748	13.0	27,772.8	222.2	151,948,916	46,954,599
2020	2,731,896	9.7	20,805.5	176.0	123,364,979	29,220,664
2021	2,731,896	10.1	21,506.3	197.5	137,920,137	34,033,643
2022	2,731,896	9.8	20,834.8	205.7	141,132,694	42,277,825

* 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

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