Grand Plaza 

540 N State St, Chicago IL, 60654 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 158227

Building Info

Square Footage
1,640,000 sqft
#43 Largest
#5 Largest of Multifamily Housing Buildings
12x median
139,707 sqft
11x median Multifamily Housing
144,765 sqft
Built
2003
Primary Property Type
Multifamily Housing
Community Area
Near North Side
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
7.2 kg CO2e / sqft
Higher than 65% of all buildings
1.1x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
1.3x median Multifamily Housing
5.7 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
8,005 tons CO2e
#7 Highest of Multifamily Housing Buildings 🚨
Higher than 96% of all buildings
9x median
885.8 tons CO2e
10x median Multifamily Housing
770.6 tons CO2e

Years Reported 8/8 A

  • 2015 data reported

    2015

  • 2016 data reported

    2016

  • 2017 data reported

    2017

  • 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)
62,596,113.4 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $746,000 for 2022**
#15 Highest of Multifamily Housing Buildings 🚩
Higher than 98% of all buildings
11x median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
10x median Multifamily Housing
6,538,862.3 kBtu
Electricity Use
29,847,701.2 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $1,251,000 for 2022**
Higher than 94% of all buildings
8x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
10x median Multifamily Housing
2,848,153.7 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use
14,210,040.2 kBtu

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

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 106,653,855 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info
Source Energy Usage Intensity
144.9 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 62% of all buildings
1.1x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.2x median Multifamily Housing
117.9 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
95.3 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 71% of all buildings
1.2x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.3x median Multifamily Housing
73.7 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
2015 1,119,317 - 18 10.711,923184.034,075,48063,664,773
2016 1,119,317 - 30 10.211,381.9184.633,487,26562,013,184
2017 1,119,317 - 31 9.911,036.3178.433,276,14859,888,634
2018 1,119,317 1.0 15 10.712,004.3193.733,285,31589,954,843
2019 1,119,317 1.0 29 9.410,468.3167.332,385,12066,319,239
2020 1,640,000 - - 8.59,525.4157.430,176,47863,799,037
2021 1,640,000 - - 8.29,123.2157.029,637,99662,777,625
2022 1,640,000 - - 7.28,005144.929,847,70162,596,113

* 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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