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TransUnion LLC 
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555 W Adams St, Chicago IL, 60661 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 101998

Building Info

Square Footage
312,000 sqft
Higher than 53% of all buildings
1.1x median
296,415 sqft
0.6x median Office
496,678 sqft
Built
1990
Primary Property Type
Office
Community Area
Near West Side
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information

For 2020

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
4.3 kg CO2e / sqft
#3 Lowest of Offices 🏆
Lower than 97% of all buildings
0.6x median
7.7 kg CO2e / sqft
0.6x median Office
7.8 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
1,354.2 metric tons CO2 eq.
Lower than 78% of all buildings
0.7x median
2,063.4 metric tons CO2 eq.
1/3 median Office
3,550.2 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
77.9 kBtu / sqft
#3 Lowest of Offices 🏆
Lower than 97% of all buildings
0.5x median
143.1 kBtu / sqft
0.6x median Office
140.8 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
27.8 kBtu / sqft
#7 Lowest in Chicago* 🏆
#2 Lowest of Offices 🏆
1/3 median
81.9 kBtu / sqft
1/2 median Office
65.2 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
8,676,864.7 kBtu
Lower than 50% of all buildings
1.0x median
8,755,592 kBtu
1/2 median Office
18,103,403.8 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: