55 E Monroe
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55 E Monroe St, Chicago IL, 60603 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 101717

Building Info

Square Footage: 2,065,628.9 sqft
#22 Largest
#11 Largest of Offices
15x median
139,707 sqft
8x median Office
259,000 sqft
Built: 1972
Primary Property Type: Office
Community Area: Loop
Owner

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 8.1 kg CO₂e / sqft
Higher than 75% of all buildings
1.3x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
1.2x median Office
6.9 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 12,986.6 metric tons CO₂ eq.
#41 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#13 Highest of Offices 🚩
15x median
885.8 metric tons CO₂ eq.
7x median Office
1,832.2 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity: 169 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 76% of all buildings
1.3x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.2x median Office
142.6 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 73.1 kBtu / sqft
Lower than 57% of all buildings
0.9x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.1x median Office
66.3 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use: 0 kBtu
Lower than 97% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
5,818,399.6 kBtu
Median Office
2,672,800.1 kBtu
This Building Didn't Burn Any Natural Gas! 🎉
This building burned no natural gas on-site and isn't connected to a district heating system, meaning it's fully electric! View Chicago's Biggest Gas Free Buildings .
Electricity Use: 86,540,180.9 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $3,627,000 for 2022**
#30 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#14 Highest of Offices 🚩
23x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
8x median Office
10,340,763.6 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use: 30,132,754.3 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district chilling, so we don't currently have comparison data.

Historical Data

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	1,674,462	-	64	14.82	24,809	236.0	111,793,907	1,063,517
2015	1,674,462	-	69	13.8	23,098	220.7	102,358,601	1,019,668
2016	1,674,462	-	70	12.9	21,589.5	223.4	99,652,270	1,223,415
2017	1,674,462	-	78	12.5	20,870.7	214.3	101,014,580	1,164,338
2018	1,674,462	2.5	51	12.1	20,341.3	205.0	109,376,778	-
2020	2,144,478	4.0	68	9.3	15,558.4	166.0	88,292,385	-
2021	2,144,478	2.5	59	8.6	14,344.1	165.5	88,161,951	0
2022	2,065,628	-	-	8.1	12,986.6	169.0	86,540,180	0

* 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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