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309-The Breakers at Edgewater Beach 
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5333 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL, 60640 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 112765

Building Info

Square Footage
1,742,595 sqft
#39 Largest
#1 Largest of Senior Living Communities
6x median
296,415 sqft
17x median Senior Living Community
103,076 sqft
Built
2005
Primary Property Type
Senior Living Community
Community Area
Edgewater
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information

For 2020

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
1.8 kg CO2e / sqft
#1 Lowest in Chicago* 🏆
#1 Lowest of Senior Living Communities 🏆
1/4 median
7.7 kg CO2e / sqft
1/8 median Senior Living Community
15 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
3,179.8 metric tons CO2 eq.
#1 Highest of Senior Living Communities 🚨
Higher than 72% of all buildings
1.5x median
2,063.4 metric tons CO2 eq.
2.2x median Senior Living Community
1,415.5 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
34 kBtu / sqft
#1 Lowest in Chicago* 🏆
#1 Lowest of Senior Living Communities 🏆
1/4 median
143.1 kBtu / sqft
1/8 median Senior Living Community
281.7 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
20.2 kBtu / sqft
#3 Lowest in Chicago* 🏆
#1 Lowest of Senior Living Communities 🏆
1/4 median
81.9 kBtu / sqft
1/9 median Senior Living Community
178.9 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use
22,394,501 kBtu
#1 Highest of Senior Living Communities 🚨
Higher than 78% of all buildings
1.8x median
12,367,856.3 kBtu
1.9x median Senior Living Community
11,808,240.6 kBtu
Electricity Use
12,752,998.6 kBtu
#1 Highest of Senior Living Communities 🚨
Higher than 69% of all buildings
1.5x median
8,755,592 kBtu
2.5x median Senior Living Community
5,070,722.7 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: