Digital Lakeside

350 E Cermak, Chicago IL, 60616 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 101185

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Building Info

Square Footage: 1,262,150 sqft
10x median
124,364 sqft
8x median Data Center
160,000 sqft
Built: 1912
Primary Property Type: Data Center
Community Area: Near South Side
Ward: 3
Chicago Energy Rating: 1.0 / 4
Energy Star Score: 1 / 100
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2020 Report Card

Overall Grade

Emissions Intensity - 50%

Energy Mix - 40%

Consistent Reporting - 10%

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Emissions & Energy Information for 2020

Greenhouse Gas Intensity F: 142.1 kg CO₂e / sqft
23x median
6.2 kg CO₂e / sqft
2.0x median Data Center
70.6 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 173,705 tons CO₂e
206x median
841.4 tons CO₂e
24x median Data Center
7,338.4 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 2/4
A

2019
2020
2021
2022

Energy Breakdown for Digital Lakeside

Fossil Gas Use (aka Natural Gas): Not Reported
This data was not reported for this building this year, which likely means a value of zero for this field.
This Building Uses District Heating ❗
Although this building didn't burn any fossil gas on site, it's connected to a district heating system, a centralized system for heating multiple buildings. District heating systems can be fully electric, but in Chicago most district heating systems are fossil gas powered, meaning this building was most likely still heated with fossil gas.
Electricity Use: 987,573,211 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $41,390,000 for 2020**
276x median
3,580,332.6 kBtu
19x median Data Center
52,447,370 kBtu
District Steam Use: 2,620,722 kBtu
1/2 median
6,360,617.1 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use: 363,190,557 kBtu
47x median
7,765,434.2 kBtu

Energy Mix A

Total Energy Use: 1,353,384,492 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 for Digital Lakeside

Year	Overall Grade	Emissions Intensity Sub-Grade	Energy Mix Sub-Grade	Reporting Mix Sub-Grade	GHG Intensity kg CO₂e / sqft	GHG Emissions metric tons CO₂e	Energy Mix	Electricity Use kBTU	District Steam Use kBTU	District Chilled Water Use kBTU	Source EUI kBTU / sqft	Floor Area sqft	Chicago Energy Rating	Energy Star Score
2019	C	F	A	A	151.5	185,162	72%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 0%Other	992,328,338	834,714	376,223,342	2556.6	1,222,150	2.0	1.0
2020	C	F	A	A	142.1	173,705	73%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 0%Other	987,573,211	2,620,723	363,190,558	2538.5	1,262,150	1.0	1.0
2021						-		1,003,962,916	2,956,786	452,189,114	2606.8	1,279,228	1.0	1.0
2022						-		1,114,458,041	33,250,417	455,641,579	2887.6	1,279,228	1.0	1.0

* Note on Rankings: Rankings and medians are among included buildings, which are those who reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for the year 2023, 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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