Three First National Plaza 
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70 W Madison St, Chicago IL, 60602 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 101718

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Building Info

Square Footage
1,636,819 sqft
#44 Largest
12x median
139,707 sqft
6x median Office
259,000 sqft
Built
1981
Primary Property Type
Office
Community Area
Loop
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity C
201420226146.313.63
6.3 kg CO2e / sqft
Lower than 52% of all buildings
1.0x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
0.9x median Office
6.9 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2014202210,01321,36110,01321,361
10,013.3 tons CO2e
Higher than 98% of all buildings
11x median
885.8 tons CO2e
5x median Office
1,832.2 tons CO2e

Years Reported 8/9
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  • 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

Energy Breakdown

Fossil Gas Use (aka Natural Gas)
201420224201,872,2774201,872,277
420 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $10 for 2022**
Lower than 94% of all buildings
1/13853 median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
1/6364 median Office
2,672,800.1 kBtu
Electricity Use
2014202266,300,332105,823,82866,300,332105,823,828
76,022,525.3 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $3,186,000 for 2022**
#41 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
20x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
7x median Office
10,340,763.6 kBtu

Energy Mix A

Total Energy Use: 76,022,945 kBTU

99%Electricity< 1%Fossil Gas
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Source Energy Usage Intensity
20142022116213116.1213
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

Year Floor Area sqft Chicago Energy
Rating
Energy Star
Score
GHG Intensity kg CO2e / sqft GHG Emissions metric tons CO2eSource EUI kBTU / sqftElectricity Use kBTUFossil Gas Use kBTU District
Steam Use kBTU
District Chilled
Water Use kBTU
Energy Mix
2014 1,567,321 - 72 13.6321,361213105,823,8281,872,277 - -
98%Electricity
2%Fossil Gas
0%Other
2015 1,567,322 - 74 12.820,105200.799,584,5091,827,822 - -
98%Electricity
2%Fossil Gas
0%Other
2016 1,515,404.3 - 75 11.817,847.5200.796,506,884.61,114,759.7 - -
99%Electricity
1%Fossil Gas
0%Other
2017 1,601,672 - 84 1016,087.2170.686,973,927116,541 - -
100%Electricity
0%Fossil Gas
0%Other
2018 1,601,672 4.0 61 9.314,964.7157.489,602,395.51,094,035.1 - -
99%Electricity
1%Fossil Gas
0%Other
2019 - 3.5 73 -144.582,340,533.6913,883.4 - -
2020 1,636,819 4.0 75 6.510,364.1116.166,300,331.7312,624.7 - -
100%Electricity
0%Fossil Gas
0%Other
2021 1,636,819 3.0 69 6.410,237.4125.371,670,458.918,180 - -
100%Electricity
0%Fossil Gas
0%Other
2022 1,636,819 3.0 68 6.310,013.3132.976,022,525.3420 - -
100%Electricity
0%Fossil Gas
0%Other

* 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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