Mertz Hall - CFSU-ID# 254162
Chicago Building ID: 254162
Building Info
- Square Footage
- 255,286 sqft1.8x median139,707 sqft1.1x median Residence Hall/Dormitory237,121 sqft
- Built
- 1962
- Primary Property Type
- Residence Hall/Dormitory
- Building Count
- 2
- Community Area
- Rogers Park
-
Chicago Energy Rating
- 4.0 / 4
- Owner

Note: Owner manually tagged. Logo used under fair use.
Warning - Data Discrepencies Detected
We detected some issues with this building's data, so these grades may not be reflective of the building's true performance.
2021 Report Card
Debug Full Grade Data
- AvgPercentileLetterGrade: B
- AvgPercentileGrade: 64.54887218045113
- GHGIntensityLetterGrade: B
- GHGIntensityPercentileGrade: 69.54887218045113
- EnergyMixLetterGrade: C
- EnergyMixWeightedPctSum: 40.881597583488784
- EnergyMixPercentileGrade: 53.00751879699248
- SubmittedRecordsLetterGrade: A
- MissingRecordsCount: 1.0
- SubmittedRecordsPercentileGrade: 85.71428571428571
Emissions & Energy Information for 2021
- Greenhouse Gas Intensity B
- 5.2 kg CO2e / sqft0.8x median6.4 kg CO2e / sqft0.8x median Residence Hall/Dormitory6.8 kg CO2e / sqft
- Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- 1,336.9 tons CO2e1.5x median885.8 tons CO2e0.7x median Residence Hall/Dormitory2,005.1 tons CO2e
Years Reported
6/7
A

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Energy Breakdown
- Fossil Gas Use (aka Natural Gas)
- 8,802,237.9 kBtuEst. Gas Bill: $105,000 for 2021**1.5x median5,818,399.6 kBtu9x median Residence Hall/Dormitory1,018,042 kBtu
- Electricity Use
- 6,086,929.5 kBtuEst. Electric Bill: $255,000 for 2021**1.6x median3,796,376.7 kBtu0.7x median Residence Hall/Dormitory9,286,974.7 kBtu
Energy Mix C
Total Energy Use: 14,889,167 kBTU
View Extra Technical Info
- 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
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 |
District Chilled Water Use kBTU | Energy Mix |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 255,286 | - | 8 | 2,043.2 | 141.5 | 8,488,377 | 9,010,569.6 | - | - | 49%Electricity 51%Fossil Gas 0%Other |
2017 | 255,286 | - | 6.3 | 1,618 | 112.8 | 6,197,840 | 8,887,588 | - | - | 41%Electricity 59%Fossil Gas 0%Other |
2018 | 255,286 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 1,244.2 | 83.3 | 6,815,029.9 | 2,079,548.6 | - | - | 77%Electricity 23%Fossil Gas 0%Other |
2019 | 255,286 | 2.0 | 7.9 | 2,016.6 | 142.8 | 6,986,182.6 | 16,085,515.5 | - | - | 30%Electricity 70%Fossil Gas 0%Other |
2020 | 255,286 | 4.0 | 5 | 1,288.5 | 93.4 | 5,687,660.8 | 7,545,729.1 | - | - | 43%Electricity 57%Fossil Gas 0%Other |
2021 | 255,286 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 1,336.9 | 103 | 6,086,929.5 | 8,802,237.9 | - | - | 41%Electricity 59%Fossil Gas 0%Other |
2022 | 255,286 | 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
for the original statistics.
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data