Renaissance Chicago Downtown 

1 W Wacker Dr, Chicago IL, 60601 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 158236

Building Info

Square Footage
537,323 sqft
Higher than 88% of all buildings
3.8x median
139,707 sqft
2.2x median Hotel
241,525.5 sqft
Built
1990
Primary Property Type
Hotel
Community Area
Loop
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
9.6 kg CO2e / sqft
Higher than 85% of all buildings
1.5x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
1.0x median Hotel
9.4 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
5,141 tons CO2e
Higher than 93% of all buildings
6x median
885.8 tons CO2e
2.0x median Hotel
2,557.1 tons CO2e

Years Reported 6/8 C

  • 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 not 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)
37,491,199.7 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $447,000 for 2022**
Higher than 95% of all buildings
6x median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
3.0x median Hotel
12,698,925.4 kBtu
Electricity Use
23,912,831.2 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $1,002,000 for 2022**
Higher than 93% of all buildings
6x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
2.0x median Hotel
12,188,104.7 kBtu

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 61,404,031 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info
Source Energy Usage Intensity
197.9 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 85% of all buildings
1.5x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.0x median Hotel
194.1 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
114.3 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 85% of all buildings
1.5x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.1x median Hotel
106.2 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
2015 550,000 - 26 14.78,093247.428,725,35243,708,495
2016 550,000 - 26 14.17,738.3250.530,180,76740,956,154
2017 533,323 - 32 13.57,197.2240.627,126,90541,073,597
2018 533,323 2.5 40 12.36,575.6219.226,806,83539,836,398
2019 - 2.0 - ---
2020 537,323 4.0 85 7.54,017.2139.116,464,47627,254,100
2021 537,323 0.0 - ---
2022 537,323 2.5 52 9.65,141197.923,912,83137,491,199

* 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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