Standard Club of Chicago

320 South Plymouth Court, Chicago IL, 60604 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 135082

Building Info

Square Footage: 164,478 sqft
1.2x median
139,707 sqft
1.7x median Social/Meeting Hall
94,280.5 sqft
Built: 1925
Primary Property Type: Social/Meeting Hall
Community Area: Loop
Owner

Emissions & Energy Information for 2017

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 17.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
2.7x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
1.2x median Social/Meeting Hall
14.1 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 2,861.4 tons CO₂e
3.2x median
885.8 tons CO₂e
2.4x median Social/Meeting Hall
1,177.8 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 8/8 A

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Energy Breakdown

Natural Gas Use: 18,519,850 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $221,000 for 2017**
3.2x median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
25x median Social/Meeting Hall
740,360 kBtu
Electricity Use: 8,734,075 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $366,000 for 2017**
2.3x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
2.5x median Social/Meeting Hall
3,478,704.9 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use: 4,987,164 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district chilling, so we don't currently have comparison data.

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 32,241,089 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info

Source Energy Usage Intensity: 315.3 kBtu / sqft
2.4x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.2x median Social/Meeting Hall
272.4 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 196 kBtu / sqft
2.5x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.1x median Social/Meeting Hall
177.2 kBtu / sqft

Full Historical Data Table

Year	Floor Area sqft	GHG Intensity kg CO₂e / sqft	GHG Emissions metric tons CO₂e	Source EUI kBTU / sqft	Electricity Use kBTU	Natural Gas Use kBTU
2015	164,478	18.6	3,056	318.6	9,371,253	17,113,900
2016	164,478	17.3	2,850	314.0	8,844,091	17,265,782
2017	164,478	17.4	2,861.4	315.3	8,734,075	18,519,850
2018	164,478		-		-	-
2019	-		-		-	-
2020	164,478		-		-	-
2021	164,478		-		-	-
2022	164,478		-		-	-

* 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

What Should We Do About This?

Practically every building has room to improve with energy efficiency upgrades like insulation, switching to ENERGY STAR rated appliances, and more, but for any buildings with large natural gas use, we recommend one thing: electrify!

In other words, buildings should look to move all on-site uses of fossil fuels (including space heating, water heating, and cooking) to electrically powered systems like industrial grade heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, and induction stoves. With Illinois' current electric supply, just using the same amount of energy from electricity, rather than natural gas (aka methane) will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is because Illinois' grid in 2020 was already 67% carbon-free (see Illinois - Power | DecarbMyState ). This has already been done across the country with a variety of buildings, large and small, like the Hotel Marcel .

You can help make this a reality by talking to building owners and letting them know that a building's emissions are important to you, and that you want to see their building become fully electric and stop emitting greenhouse gases. Particularly for buildings you have a financial stake in (like your university, work, condo building, or apartment building) your voice in concert with your fellow building users can have a huge impact.

Additional Resources

See some additional resources on improving energy efficiency and understanding this data: