Press Office Building

1427 E 60th St, Chicago IL, 60637 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 252095

Building Info

Square Footage: 93,852 sqft
Lower than 68% of all buildings
0.7x median
139,707 sqft
1/3 median Office
259,000 sqft
Built: 2001
Primary Property Type: Office
Community Area: Woodlawn
Chicago Energy Rating: 3.0 / 4
Energy Star Score: 68 / 100
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 9.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
Higher than 84% of all buildings
1.5x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
1.4x median Office
6.9 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 880.3 tons CO₂e
Lower than 50% of all buildings
1.0x median
885.8 tons CO₂e
1/2 median Office
1,832.2 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 8/8 A

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): 0 kBtu
Lower than 97% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
5,818,399.6 kBtu
Median Office
2,672,800.1 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: 4,654,496.1 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $195,000 for 2022**
Higher than 57% of all buildings
1.2x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
1/2 median Office
10,340,763.6 kBtu
District Steam Use: 4,024,831.3 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district steam, so we don't currently have comparison data.

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 8,679,327 kBTU

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Source Energy Usage Intensity: 190.5 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 83% of all buildings
1.4x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.3x median Office
142.6 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 92.5 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 68% of all buildings
1.2x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.4x 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	District Steam Use kBTU
2015	93,852	-	39	16.7	1,569	272.2	5,762,370	-	6,192,694
2016	93,852	-	40	15.7	1,473.4	272.6	5,587,426	-	6,679,474
2017	93,852	-	60	14.3	1,337.5	246.8	5,098,889	-	5,944,914
2018	93,852	3.5	48	13.4	1,259.6	230.5	5,549,778	-	5,064,493
2019	93,852	2.5	59	12.1	1,137.9	218.0	5,571,700	-	4,040,495
2020	93,852	4.0	65	11.1	1,038.3	199.0	4,735,699	-	4,506,191
2021	93,852	3.0	65	10.3	967.9	197.2	4,574,618	0	4,736,418
2022	93,852	3.0	68	9.4	880.3	190.5	4,654,496	0	4,024,831

* 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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