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427 S LaSalle St, Chicago IL, 60605 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 131236

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Building Info

Square Footage
160,000 sqft
Lower than 79% of all buildings
0.5x median
296,415 sqft
1/2 median Data Center
337,117 sqft
Built
1919
Primary Property Type
Data Center
Community Area
Loop
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information

For 2020

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
114.3 kg CO2e / sqft
#4 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
15x median
7.7 kg CO2e / sqft
1.0x median Data Center
114.3 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
18,281.8 metric tons CO2 eq.
#31 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#1 Lowest of Data Centers 🏆
9x median
2,063.4 metric tons CO2 eq.
1.0x median Data Center
18,979 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
2,049.9 kBtu / sqft
#4 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
14x median
143.1 kBtu / sqft
1.0x median Data Center
2,049.9 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
732.1 kBtu / sqft
#9 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
9x median
81.9 kBtu / sqft
1.0x median Data Center
732.1 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use
Not Reported

This data was not reported for this building, which likely means a value of zero for this field.

Electricity Use
117,139,297.4 kBtu
#19 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#1 Lowest of Data Centers 🏆
13x median
8,755,592 kBtu
1.0x median Data Center
121,202,119.8 kBtu

* Important Note: Rankings and medians are among included buildings, which are those who reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for the year 2020 with emissions greater than 1,000 metric tons.

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data Covered Buildings (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: