Physics Research Center 
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933 E 56th Street, Chicago IL, 60637 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 256500

Building Info

Square Footage
67,092 sqft
Lower than 85% of all buildings
1/2 median
139,707 sqft
1/2 median Laboratory
150,729 sqft
Built
2017
Primary Property Type
Laboratory
Community Area
Hyde Park
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
23 kg CO2e / sqft
#42 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
3.6x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
1.0x median Laboratory
23.5 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
1,542.1 tons CO2e
Higher than 70% of all buildings
1.7x median
885.8 tons CO2e
1/3 median Laboratory
4,237.4 tons CO2e

Years Reported 5/5 A

  • 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)
5,168 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $60 for 2022**
Lower than 93% of all buildings
1/1126 median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
1/18 median Laboratory
91,419 kBtu
Electricity Use
2,384,288 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $100,000 for 2022**
#2 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Lower than 66% of all buildings
0.6x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
1/7 median Laboratory
16,507,348 kBtu
District Steam Use
13,465,490 kBtu

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

District Chilled Water Use
6,331,497 kBtu

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

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 22,186,443 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info
Source Energy Usage Intensity
426.9 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 98% of all buildings
3.2x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
0.9x median Laboratory
461.2 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
330.7 kBtu / sqft
#17 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
4.2x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.1x median Laboratory
299.9 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 67,092 - 21.21,424.6372.53,837,715- 11,840,432
2019 67,092 1.0 28.81,932.1515.23,915,7643,350 13,955,340
2020 67,092 3.0 20.21,355.4363.62,538,5924,080 12,791,107
2021 67,092 3.0 19.61,315.4358.52,559,3964,691 8,635,008
2022 67,092 2.0 23.01,542.1426.92,384,2885,168 13,465,490

* 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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