Breckinridge House (University of Chicago) 
🏆

1442 E. 59th Street, Chicago IL, 60637 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 256502

Building Info

Square Footage
50,698 sqft
Lower than 98% of all buildings
1/3 median
139,707 sqft
1/5 median Residence Hall/Dormitory
237,121 sqft
Built
1916
Primary Property Type
Residence Hall/Dormitory
Community Area
Hyde Park
Owner
University of Chicago
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
4 kg CO2e / sqft
#1 Lowest of Residence Hall/Dormitories 🏆
Lower than 90% of all buildings
0.6x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
0.6x median Residence Hall/Dormitory
6.8 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
201.4 tons CO2e
#1 Lowest of Residence Hall/Dormitories 🏆
Lower than 98% of all buildings
1/4 median
885.8 tons CO2e
1/10 median Residence Hall/Dormitory
2,005.1 tons CO2e

Years Reported 5/5 A

  • 2018 data reported

    2018

  • 2019 data reported

    2019

  • 2020 data reported

    2020

  • 2021 data reported

    2021

  • 2022 data reported

    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

Fossil Gas Use (aka Natural Gas)
110 kBtu
#2 Lowest of Residence Hall/Dormitories 🏆
Lower than 94% of all buildings
1/52895 median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
1/9255 median Residence Hall/Dormitory
1,018,042 kBtu
Electricity Use
215,596 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $9,000 for 2022**
#12 Lowest in Chicago* 🏆
#1 Lowest of Residence Hall/Dormitories 🏆
1/18 median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
1/43 median Residence Hall/Dormitory
9,286,974.7 kBtu
District Steam Use
2,605,988.8 kBtu

Most buildings don't use district steam, so we don't currently have comparison data.

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 2,821,695 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info
Source Energy Usage Intensity
73.7 kBtu / sqft
#1 Lowest of Residence Hall/Dormitories 🏆
Lower than 94% of all buildings
0.6x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
0.5x median Residence Hall/Dormitory
139.8 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
55.7 kBtu / sqft
#1 Lowest of Residence Hall/Dormitories 🏆
Lower than 80% of all buildings
0.7x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
0.7x median Residence Hall/Dormitory
84.6 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 Fossil Gas Use kBTU District Steam Use kBTU
2018 50,698 - 95 4.4225.679.3305,136- 2,632,519
2019 50,698 4.0 97 3.7188.967.3317,875- 2,097,857
2020 50,698 4.0 95 4.1209.274.6270,056210 2,516,092
2021 50,698 4.0 96 3.8194.770.5233,191319 2,429,790
2022 50,698 4.0 96 4.0201.473.7215,596110 2,605,988

* 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 (opens in a new tab) for the original statistics.

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)

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