The Field Museum
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1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL, 60605 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 103638

Attribution: Source

Building Info

Square Footage: 1,280,537 sqft
Higher than 98% of all buildings
10x median
124,364 sqft
3.5x median Mixed Use Property
367,703 sqft
Built: 1921
Primary Property Type: Mixed Use Property
Community Area: Near South Side
Ward: 4
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2023 Report Card

Overall Grade

Emissions Intensity - 50%

Energy Mix - 40%

Consistent Reporting - 10%

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Emissions & Energy Information for 2023

Greenhouse Gas Intensity F: 11.3 kg CO₂e / sqft
Higher than 92% of all buildings
1.8x median
6.2 kg CO₂e / sqft
1.5x median Mixed Use Property
7.3 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 14,449 tons CO₂e
#32 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
17x median
841.4 tons CO₂e
5x median Mixed Use Property
2,780.3 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 9/10
A

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2023

Energy Breakdown for The Field Museum

Fossil Gas Use (aka Natural Gas): 102,155,438 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $1,218,000 for 2023**
#14 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#1 Highest of Mixed Use Properties 🚨
19x median
5,517,828 kBtu
9x median Mixed Use Property
11,866,510.8 kBtu
Electricity Use: 64,490,189 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $2,703,000 for 2023**
#50 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
18x median
3,580,332.6 kBtu
4.8x median Mixed Use Property
13,547,528.5 kBtu

Energy Mix B

Total Energy Use: 166,645,628 kBTU

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Source Energy Usage Intensity: Not Reported
This data was not reported for this building this year, which likely means a value of zero for this field.
Site Energy Usage Intensity: Not Reported
This data was not reported for this building this year, which likely means a value of zero for this field.

Full Historical Data Table for The Field Museum

Year	Overall Grade	Emissions Intensity Sub-Grade	Energy Mix Sub-Grade	Reporting Mix Sub-Grade	GHG Intensity kg CO₂e / sqft	GHG Emissions metric tons CO₂e	Energy Mix	Electricity Use kBTU	Fossil Gas Use kBTU	Source EUI kBTU / sqft	Floor Area sqft
2014	C	C	D	A	13.27	17,257	45%Electricity 55%Fossil Gas 0%Other	64,959,229	80,104,703	221	1,300,557
2015	C	D	C	A	13.8	17,902	44%Electricity 56%Fossil Gas 0%Other	67,035,076	84,273,408	229.5	1,300,557
2016	C	F	C	A	13	16,862	44%Electricity 56%Fossil Gas 0%Other	66,879,793	86,143,492	230.7	1,300,557
2017	C	F	B	A	13.6	17,649	45%Electricity 55%Fossil Gas 0%Other	70,703,372	86,972,188	240.5	1,300,557
2018	C	F	B	A	12.7	16,507	42%Electricity 58%Fossil Gas 0%Other	68,607,551	96,548,700	225.7	1,298,518
2019						-		61,793,357	84,011,453		1,280,537
2020	C	F	B	A	9.9	12,646	40%Electricity 60%Fossil Gas 0%Other	53,837,202	79,910,088	183.4	1,280,537
2021	C	F	B	A	9.7	12,416	44%Electricity 56%Fossil Gas 0%Other	58,934,835	75,635,360	190.7	1,280,537
2022	C	F	B	A	10.3	13,156	40%Electricity 60%Fossil Gas 0%Other	62,280,357	93,262,092	212.8	1,280,537
2023	D	F	B	A	11.3	14,449	39%Electricity 61%Fossil Gas 0%Other	64,490,190	102,155,439	224.9	1,280,537

* Note on Rankings: Rankings and medians are among included buildings, which are those who reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for the year 2023, 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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