Rush University Medical CenterΒ 
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1653 W Congress Pkwy, Chicago IL, 60612 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 100867

Building Info

Square Footage
5,863,656 sqft
#2 Largest
#1 Largest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical)
42x median
139,707 sqft
6x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
973,278.5 sqft
Built
1982
Building Count
19
Community Area
Near West Side
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
23.7 kg CO2e / sqft
#36 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
3.7x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
1.3x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
18.6 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
92,454.1 tons CO2e
#2 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#2 Highest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🚨
104x median
885.8 tons CO2e
7x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
13,925.4 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

Natural Gas Use
360,612,170.5 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $4,300,000 for 2022**
#3 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#1 Highest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🚨
62x median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
3.5x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
103,371,829.4 kBtu
Electricity Use
450,327,013.7 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $18,874,000 for 2022**
#2 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#2 Highest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🚨
119x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
7x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
62,901,648.4 kBtu
District Steam Use
210,634,274.5 kBtu

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

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 1,021,573,459 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info
Source Energy Usage Intensity
486.1 kBtu / sqft
#39 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
3.7x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.3x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
384.9 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
262.3 kBtu / sqft
#46 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
3.3x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.1x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
228.2 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 Natural Gas Use kBTU District Steam Use kBTU
2014 4,098,526 - 4 33.67138,008560.0474,588,387346,243,488 365,475,113
2015 4,098,526 - 9 31.7129,897524.3461,845,249300,796,332 318,219,795
2016 4,098,526 - 6 31.1127,610548.3468,672,320329,160,898 357,545,658
2017 3,825,836 - 2 35.3134,961.2621.1464,443,828326,688,992 477,961,740
2018 3,888,568 1.0 9 29.1113,296.6510.4466,597,141362,280,220 247,432,610
2019 3,894,568 1.0 25 -452,426,082339,200,081 -
2020 5,863,656 2.0 30 26.4102,661481.7456,007,414325,954,996 213,546,900
2021 5,863,656 1.5 33 24.796,018.4478.0455,006,577288,144,811 236,853,013
2022 5,863,656 1.5 31 23.792,454.1486.1450,327,013360,612,170 210,634,274

* 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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