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5841 S. Maryland Ave MC0985 
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5841 S. Maryland Ave MC0985, Chicago IL, Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 256838

Building Info

Square Footage
5,441,713 sqft
#3 Largest
#2 Largest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical)
18x median
296,415 sqft
6x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
966,916 sqft
Built
1926
Building Count
25
Community Area
Owner
University of Chicago
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Emissions & Energy Information

For 2020

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
26.9 kg CO2e / sqft
#2 Highest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🚨
Higher than 96% of all buildings
3.5x median
7.7 kg CO2e / sqft
1.3x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
20.6 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
146,535.5 metric tons CO2 eq.
#2 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#1 Highest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🚨
71x median
2,063.4 metric tons CO2 eq.
10x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
14,187.6 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
484.8 kBtu / sqft
#2 Highest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🚨
Higher than 96% of all buildings
3.4x median
143.1 kBtu / sqft
1.3x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
382.8 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
250.5 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 96% of all buildings
3.1x median
81.9 kBtu / sqft
1.1x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
225.5 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use
6,752,333.9 kBtu
#2 Lowest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🏆
Lower than 75% of all buildings
0.5x median
12,367,856.3 kBtu
1/14 median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
97,798,072.1 kBtu
Electricity Use
625,686,586.2 kBtu
#2 Highest in Chicago* 🚨
#1 Highest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🚨
71x median
8,755,592 kBtu
11x median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
55,683,804.9 kBtu
District Steam Use
730,835,465 kBtu
57x median
12,791,107.2 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: