Searle Chemistry Laboratory 
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5735 S Ellis Ave, Chicago IL, 60637 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 134735

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Building Info

Square Footage
85,570 sqft
Lower than 72% of all buildings
0.6x median
139,707 sqft
0.6x median Laboratory
150,729 sqft
Built
2009
Primary Property Type
Laboratory
Community Area
Hyde Park
Owner
University of Chicago
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
49 kg CO2e / sqft
#6 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#1 Highest of Laboratories 🚨
8x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
2.1x median Laboratory
23.5 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
4,193.1 tons CO2e
Higher than 91% of all buildings
4.7x median
885.8 tons CO2e
1.0x median Laboratory
4,237.4 tons CO2e

Years Reported 8/8 A

  • 2015 data reported

    2015

  • 2016 data reported

    2016

  • 2017 data reported

    2017

  • 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

Natural Gas Use
56,809 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $700 for 2022**
Lower than 93% of all buildings
1/102 median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
0.6x median Laboratory
91,419 kBtu
Electricity Use
13,358,444.7 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $560,000 for 2022**
Higher than 85% of all buildings
3.5x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
0.8x median Laboratory
16,507,348 kBtu
District Steam Use
24,924,678.6 kBtu

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

District Chilled Water Use
14,718,000.1 kBtu

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

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 53,057,932 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info
Source Energy Usage Intensity
944.7 kBtu / sqft
#7 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#1 Highest of Laboratories 🚨
7x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
2.0x median Laboratory
461.2 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
620.1 kBtu / sqft
#5 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#1 Highest of Laboratories 🚨
8x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
2.1x 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 Natural Gas Use kBTU District Steam Use kBTU
2015 85,570 - 67.95,8071152.715,029,33554,350 25,523,159
2016 85,570 - 69.35,9321233.615,515,03961,560 25,585,080
2017 85,570 - 64.05,479.11134.015,181,99869,000 23,606,571
2018 85,570 2.0 54.14,630.1930.515,636,00169,850 14,183,527
2019 85,570 2.0 53.84,600.2960.013,813,61562,730 22,121,237
2020 85,570 2.0 45.43,884.5809.612,094,69173,310 16,331,639
2021 85,570 1.0 47.44,051.8879.512,682,25766,036 18,677,659
2022 85,570 1.0 49.04,193.1944.713,358,44456,809 24,924,678

* 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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