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Gordon Center for Integrative Science (GCIS) 
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929 E 57th St, Chicago IL, 60637 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 110848

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Building Info

Square Footage
479,503 sqft
#1 Largest of Laboratories
Higher than 86% of all buildings
3.4x median
139,707 sqft
3.2x median Laboratory
150,729 sqft
Built
2005
Primary Property Type
Laboratory
Community Area
Hyde Park
Owner
University of Chicago
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
40 kg CO2e / sqft
#10 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#3 Highest of Laboratories 🚨
6x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
1.7x median Laboratory
23.5 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
19,163.8 metric tons CO2 eq.
#16 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#1 Highest of Laboratories 🚨
22x median
885.8 metric tons CO2 eq.
4.5x median Laboratory
4,237.4 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
801.6 kBtu / sqft
#9 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#2 Highest of Laboratories 🚨
6x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.7x median Laboratory
461.2 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
417.7 kBtu / sqft
#10 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#3 Highest of Laboratories 🚨
5x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.4x median Laboratory
299.9 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use
91,419 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $1,000 for 2022**
Lower than 92% of all buildings
1/64 median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
1.0x median Laboratory
91,419 kBtu
Electricity Use
89,788,713.9 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $3,763,000 for 2022**
#27 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#1 Highest of Laboratories 🚨
24x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
5x median Laboratory
16,507,348 kBtu
District Steam Use
110,431,365.8 kBtu

Most buildings don't use district steam, so we don't currently have comparison data.

Historical Data

Year Floor Area sqft Chicago Energy
Rating
GHG Intensity kg CO2e / sqft GHG Emissions metric tons CO2e Source EUI kBtu / sqft Electricity Use kBtu Natural Gas Use kBtu District Steam Use kBtu
2014 479,503 - 57.3527,501946.089,021,468- 144,812,352
2015 479,503 - 49.523,736796.895,910,296- 67,259,708
2016 479,503 - 53.525,636.5929.394,731,177- 123,127,668
2017 479,503 - 54.326,028943.391,658,535- 136,761,956
2018 479,503 1.0 51.924,866.5899.090,941,878- 146,645,885
2019 479,503 1.0 47.622,810.5856.790,590,783- 130,606,884
2020 479,503 2.0 35.917,199.2645.085,442,07981,790 58,133,856
2021 479,503 1.0 41.820,052.7797.890,471,19390,492 107,324,451
2022 479,503 1.0 40.019,163.8801.689,788,71391,419 110,431,365

* 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)

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 (opens in a new tab)). This has already been done across the country with a variety of buildings, large and small, like the Hotel Marcel (opens in a new tab).

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

See some additional resources on improving energy efficiency and understanding this data: