The Field Museum
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1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago IL, 60605 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 103638

Building Info

Square Footage: 1,280,537 sqft
Higher than 97% of all buildings
9x median
139,707 sqft
2.3x median Mixed Use Property
545,428.5 sqft
Built: 1921
Primary Property Type: Mixed Use Property
Community Area: Near South Side
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 10.3 kg CO₂e / sqft
Higher than 88% of all buildings
1.6x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
1.3x median Mixed Use Property
8.1 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 13,156.8 tons CO₂e
#39 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
15x median
885.8 tons CO₂e
4.5x median Mixed Use Property
2,913.6 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 8/9 B

2014
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): 93,262,091.8 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $1,112,000 for 2022**
#22 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#1 Highest of Mixed Use Properties 🚨
16x median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
7x median Mixed Use Property
13,083,087.5 kBtu
Electricity Use: 62,280,357.3 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $2,610,000 for 2022**
Higher than 98% of all buildings
16x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
4.1x median Mixed Use Property
15,085,130.5 kBtu

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 155,542,449 kBTU

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Source Energy Usage Intensity: 212.8 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 87% of all buildings
1.6x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.3x median Mixed Use Property
167.6 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 121.6 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 88% of all buildings
1.6x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.5x median Mixed Use Property
80.2 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	Fossil Gas Use kBTU
2014	1,300,557	13.27	17,257	221.0	64,959,229	80,104,703
2015	1,300,557	13.8	17,902	229.5	67,035,076	84,273,408
2016	1,300,557	13.0	16,862	230.7	66,879,792	86,143,492
2017	1,300,557	13.6	17,649.9	240.5	70,703,372	86,972,188
2018	1,298,518	12.7	16,507.2	225.7	68,607,550	96,548,700
2019	1,280,537		-		61,793,357	84,011,452
2020	1,280,537	9.9	12,646.7	183.4	53,837,201	79,910,087
2021	1,280,537	9.7	12,416.7	190.7	58,934,834	75,635,359
2022	1,280,537	10.3	13,156.8	212.8	62,280,357	93,262,091

* 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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