Incubator Building 

55 W 34th Street, Chicago IL, 60616 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 256435

⚠️ This building did not report data in 2022, this data is from 2021, the latest year reported

Building Info

Square Footage
72,292 sqft
0.5x median
139,707 sqft
0.6x median College/University
119,629 sqft
Built
1944
Primary Property Type
College/University
Community Area
Douglas
Owner
Illinois Institute of Technology
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2021

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
11.7 kg CO2e / sqft
1.8x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
1.4x median College/University
8.4 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
846.4 tons CO2e
1.0x median
885.8 tons CO2e
0.9x median College/University
952.6 tons CO2e

Years Reported 4/5 B

  • 2018 data reported

    2018

  • 2019 data reported

    2019

  • 2020 data reported

    2020

  • 2021 data reported

    2021

  • 2022 data not 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)
0 kBtu
Median Chicago Building
5,818,399.6 kBtu
Median College/University
4,847,201 kBtu
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
4,047,955.9 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $170,000 for 2021**
1.1x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
0.8x median College/University
4,940,922.2 kBtu
District Steam Use
4,039,617.6 kBtu

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

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 8,087,574 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info
Source Energy Usage Intensity
224 kBtu / sqft
1.7x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.3x median College/University
173.4 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
111.9 kBtu / sqft
1.4x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.2x median College/University
93.1 kBtu / sqft

Full Historical Data Table

Year Floor Area sqft Chicago Energy
Rating 		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 72,292 0.0 27.51,985.2471.28,875,120- 7,660,864
2019 72,292 1.0 24.41,766.5419.67,815,3435,220 7,018,566
2020 72,292 2.0 19.01,372.5341.46,806,871- 4,670,791
2021 72,292 3.0 11.7846.4224.04,047,9550 4,039,617
2022 72,292 0.0 --- -

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