Michigan Plaza 
🚩

205 N Michigan Ave, Chicago IL, 60601 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 101801

Building Info

Square Footage
2,344,223.6 sqft
#19 Largest
#10 Largest of Offices
17x median
139,707 sqft
9x median Office
259,000 sqft
Built
1981
Primary Property Type
Office
Community Area
Loop
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
6.5 kg CO2e / sqft
Higher than 51% of all buildings
1.0x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
0.9x median Office
6.9 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
14,619.5 tons CO2e
#35 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#11 Highest of Offices 🚩
17x median
885.8 tons CO2e
8x median Office
1,832.2 tons CO2e

Years Reported 8/9 B

  • 2014 data reported

    2014

  • 2015 data reported

    2015

  • 2016 data reported

    2016

  • 2017 data reported

    2017

  • 2018 data reported

    2018

  • 2019 data not 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)
1,944,076.1 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $23,000 for 2022**
Lower than 84% of all buildings
1/3 median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
0.7x median Office
2,672,800.1 kBtu
Electricity Use
110,210,353.6 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $4,619,000 for 2022**
#20 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#6 Highest of Offices 🚨
29x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
11x median Office
10,340,763.6 kBtu

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 112,154,430 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info
Source Energy Usage Intensity
138.4 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 56% of all buildings
1.0x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.0x median Office
142.6 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
50 kBtu / sqft
Lower than 86% of all buildings
0.6x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
0.8x median Office
66.3 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
2014 2,059,714 - 76 12.8526,458201.0131,683,75225,801
2015 2,059,714 - 84 10.922,550171.1112,203,245129,671
2016 2,059,714 - 81 10.621,845180.7118,455,018211,427
2017 2,059,714 - 82 10.621,730.9179.2117,472,021205,926
2018 2,059,714 4.0 65 9.519,480.8159.2117,046,101161,102
2019 2,059,714 3.5 73 -123,778,2505,003,267
2020 2,159,198 4.0 75 7.715,937.1138.8102,086,96383,851
2021 2,159,198 3.5 74 7.014,425.9137.3100,986,26045,592
2022 2,344,223 3.5 71 6.514,619.5138.4110,210,3531,944,076

* 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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