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700 N Michigan Ave LLC 

700 N Michigan Ave, Chicago IL, 60611 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 159529

Building Info

Square Footage
205,137 sqft
Lower than 69% of all buildings
0.7x median
296,415 sqft
1.2x median Retail Store
166,603.5 sqft
Built
2000
Primary Property Type
Retail Store
Community Area
Near North Side
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information

For 2020

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
14.4 kg CO2e / sqft
#5 Highest of Retail Stores 🚨
Higher than 86% of all buildings
1.9x median
7.7 kg CO2e / sqft
1.5x median Retail Store
9.8 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2,545 metric tons CO2 eq.
#4 Highest of Retail Stores 🚨
Higher than 63% of all buildings
1.2x median
2,063.4 metric tons CO2 eq.
1.9x median Retail Store
1,311.1 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
259 kBtu / sqft
#5 Highest of Retail Stores 🚨
Higher than 85% of all buildings
1.8x median
143.1 kBtu / sqft
1.4x median Retail Store
181.7 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
95.7 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 66% of all buildings
1.2x median
81.9 kBtu / sqft
1.2x median Retail Store
82.3 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use
900,600 kBtu
#4 Lowest of Retail Stores 🏆
Lower than 94% of all buildings
1/14 median
12,367,856.3 kBtu
1/4 median Retail Store
3,841,749.8 kBtu
Electricity Use
16,000,311.9 kBtu
#4 Highest of Retail Stores 🚨
Higher than 77% of all buildings
1.8x median
8,755,592 kBtu
2.2x median Retail Store
7,135,570.5 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: