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Little Village HS Campus -CPS 

3120 S Kostner Ave, Chicago IL, 60623 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 157011

Building Info

Square Footage
290,134 sqft
Higher than 74% of all buildings
2.1x median
139,707 sqft
2.9x median K-12 School
101,627 sqft
Built
2005
Primary Property Type
K-12 School
Community Area
South Lawndale
Owner
Chicago Public Schools
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
10.8 kg CO2e / sqft
#11 Highest of K-12 Schools 🚩
Higher than 89% of all buildings
1.7x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
1.7x median K-12 School
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
3,147.1 metric tons CO2 eq.
#4 Highest of K-12 Schools 🚨
Higher than 87% of all buildings
3.6x median
885.8 metric tons CO2 eq.
4.9x median K-12 School
643.4 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
226.8 kBtu / sqft
#10 Highest of K-12 Schools 🚨
Higher than 90% of all buildings
1.7x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.7x median K-12 School
132.5 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
111.2 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 83% of all buildings
1.4x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.4x median K-12 School
81.9 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use
14,015,161.3 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $167,000 for 2022**
Higher than 79% of all buildings
2.4x median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
2.6x median K-12 School
5,465,480 kBtu
Electricity Use
18,241,773.6 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $765,000 for 2022**
#4 Highest of K-12 Schools 🚨
Higher than 90% of all buildings
4.8x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
7x median K-12 School
2,728,607.1 kBtu

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 290,134 - 26 13.263,849216.016,030,37811,819,639
2015 290,134 - 57 13.83,999222.517,425,4429,371,994
2016 290,134 - 59 12.93,751.7225.017,666,1419,327,798
2017 290,134 - 20 11.93,461.1206.916,315,0728,369,983
2018 290,134 1.0 17 12.43,584.8213.218,408,6209,831,877
2020 290,134 1.0 7 12.23,534.4222.218,968,73210,805,920
2021 290,134 1.0 10 10.83,121.5211.317,058,00412,898,849
2022 290,134 1.0 8 10.83,147.1226.818,241,77314,015,161

* 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: