Merchandise Mart
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222 Merchandise Mart Plz, Chicago IL, 60654 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 103656

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Building Info

Square Footage: 4,259,185 sqft
#6 Largest
#2 Largest of Offices
30x median
139,707 sqft
16x median Office
259,000 sqft
Built: 1930
Primary Property Type: Office
Community Area: Near North Side
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 4.7 kg CO₂e / sqft
Lower than 80% of all buildings
0.7x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
0.7x median Office
6.9 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 19,236.1 tons CO₂e
#15 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#5 Highest of Offices 🚨
22x median
885.8 tons CO₂e
10x median Office
1,832.2 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 9/9 A

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
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): 87,808,385.1 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $1,047,000 for 2022**
#25 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#1 Highest of Offices 🚨
15x median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
33x median Office
2,672,800.1 kBtu
Electricity Use: 96,458,630.6 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $4,043,000 for 2022**
#24 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#10 Highest of Offices 🚨
25x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
9x median Office
10,340,763.6 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use: 35,431,011.8 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district chilling, so we don't currently have comparison data.

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 219,698,028 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info

Source Energy Usage Intensity: 95.5 kBtu / sqft
Lower than 81% of all buildings
0.7x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
0.7x median Office
142.6 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 53.2 kBtu / sqft
Lower than 83% of all buildings
0.7x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
0.8x median Office
66.3 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	Fossil Gas Use kBTU
2014	4,146,422	8.35	34,627	137.0	135,798,726	95,835,487
2015	4,146,422	8.2	33,812	133.3	137,091,874	73,580,865
2016	4,101,281	7.5	30,588.7	131.2	127,962,385	78,814,190
2017	4,131,093	7.2	29,940.1	127.0	126,428,282	76,256,825
2018	4,131,093	6.8	28,032.7	117.8	124,822,322	86,694,679
2019	4,131,093	6.5	26,957.2	113.5	119,360,460	90,972,398
2020	4,259,185	5.1	20,933.1	92.4	97,554,926	76,248,400
2021	4,259,185	4.8	19,842.3	93.2	95,434,902	77,881,660
2022	4,259,185	4.7	19,236.1	95.5	96,458,630	87,808,385

* 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

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