William Eckhardt Research Center
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Chicago Building ID: 254382
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Building Info
- Square Footage
- 284,391 sqftHigher than 73% of all buildings2.0x median139,707 sqft1.9x median Laboratory150,729 sqft
- Built
- 2015
- Primary Property Type
- Laboratory
- Community Area
- Hyde Park
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Chicago Energy Rating
- 2.0 / 4
- Owner
Note: Owner manually tagged. Logo used under fair use.
2022 Report Card
Debug Full Grade Data
- AvgPercentileLetterGrade: C
- AvgPercentileGrade: 43.91133777952138
- GHGIntensityLetterGrade: F
- GHGIntensityPercentileGrade: 0.3138485680659073
- EnergyMixLetterGrade: A
- EnergyMixWeightedPctSum: 65.66858462850865
- EnergyMixPercentileGrade: 84.38603373872107
- SubmittedRecordsLetterGrade: A
- MissingRecordsCount: 0.0
- SubmittedRecordsPercentileGrade: 100.0
Emissions & Energy Information for 2022
- Greenhouse Gas Intensity F
- 40.9 kg CO2e / sqft#9 Highest in Chicago* 🚨#2 Highest of Laboratories 🚨6x median6.4 kg CO2e / sqft1.7x median Laboratory23.5 kg CO2e / sqft
- Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- 11,638.6 tons CO2e#2 Highest of Laboratories 🚨Higher than 98% of all buildings13x median885.8 tons CO2e2.7x median Laboratory4,237.4 tons CO2e
Years Reported
7/7
A
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Energy Breakdown
- Fossil Gas Use (aka Natural Gas)
- 0 kBtu#2 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆Lower than 97% of all buildingsMedian Chicago Building5,818,399.6 kBtuMedian Laboratory91,419 kBtuThis Building Uses District Heating ❗
Although this building didn't burn any fossil gas on site, it's connected to a district heating system, a centralized system for heating multiple buildings. District heating systems can be fully electric, but in Chicago most district heating systems are fossil gas powered, meaning this building was most likely still heated with fossil gas.
- Electricity Use
- 42,256,906.8 kBtuEst. Electric Bill: $1,771,000 for 2022**#3 Highest of Laboratories 🚨Higher than 96% of all buildings11x median3,796,376.7 kBtu2.6x median Laboratory16,507,348 kBtu
- District Steam Use
- 49,638,647.4 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district steam, so we don't currently have comparison data.
- District Chilled Water Use
- 52,691,107.5 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district chilling, so we don't currently have comparison data.
Energy Mix A
Total Energy Use: 144,586,662 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
| Year | Floor Area sqft |
Chicago Energy Rating | GHG Intensity kg CO2e / sqft | GHG Emissions metric tons CO2e | Source EUI kBTU / sqft | Electricity Use kBTU | Fossil Gas Use kBTU |
District Steam Use kBTU |
District Chilled Water Use kBTU | Energy Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 284,391 | - | 45.7 | 12,998.4 | 811.9 | 35,435,189.5 | - | 53,983,441.5 | 54,696,931.4 | 25%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 37%Other |
| 2017 | 284,391 | - | 45.7 | 13,002.8 | 809.1 | 37,478,295 | - | 49,619,131 | 52,724,620 | 27%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 35%Other |
| 2018 | 284,391 | 1.0 | 47 | 13,379.2 | 813.9 | 39,130,010.2 | - | 58,230,903.1 | 56,980,545 | 25%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 38%Other |
| 2019 | 284,391 | 1.0 | 46 | 13,087.2 | 821 | 40,802,743.2 | - | 56,984,843.1 | 55,701,373.3 | 27%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 37%Other |
| 2020 | 284,391 | 1.0 | 46.2 | 13,137 | 824.3 | 40,449,584.4 | - | 58,884,749.8 | 55,298,274.3 | 26%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 38%Other |
| 2021 | 284,391 | 1.0 | 54.3 | 15,453.8 | 1006.2 | 41,706,036.1 | - | 95,516,910.3 | 59,865,006.7 | 21%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 48%Other |
| 2022 | 284,391 | 2.0 | 40.9 | 11,638.6 | 794.6 | 42,256,906.8 | - | 49,638,647.4 | 52,691,107.5 | 29%Electricity 0%Fossil Gas 34%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
for the original statistics.
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data