Three First National Plaza
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70 W Madison St, Chicago IL, 60602 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 101718

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
Chicago Energy Rating: 3.0 / 4
Energy Star Score: 68 / 100
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 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: 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 9/9 A

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Energy Breakdown

Natural Gas Use: 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: 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

Total Energy Use: 76,022,945 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info

Source Energy Usage Intensity: 132.9 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 51% of all buildings
1.0x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
0.9x median Office
142.6 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 47.5 kBtu / sqft
Lower than 89% of all buildings
0.6x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
0.7x median Office
66.3 kBtu / sqft

Full Historical Data Table

Year	Floor Area sqft	Chicago Energy Rating	Energy Star Score	GHG Intensity kg CO₂e / sqft	GHG Emissions metric tons CO₂e	Source EUI kBTU / sqft	Electricity Use kBTU	Natural Gas Use kBTU
2014	1,567,321	-	72	13.63	21,361	213.0	105,823,828	1,872,277
2015	1,567,322	-	74	12.8	20,105	200.7	99,584,509	1,827,822
2016	1,515,404	-	75	11.8	17,847.5	200.7	96,506,884	1,114,759
2017	1,601,672	-	84	10.0	16,087.2	170.6	86,973,927	116,541
2018	1,601,672	4.0	61	9.3	14,964.7	157.4	89,602,395	1,094,035
2019	-	3.5	73		-	144.5	82,340,533	913,883
2020	1,636,819	4.0	75	6.5	10,364.1	116.1	66,300,331	312,624
2021	1,636,819	3.0	69	6.4	10,237.4	125.3	71,670,458	18,180
2022	1,636,819	3.0	68	6.3	10,013.3	132.9	76,022,525	420

* 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

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