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Kent Chemical Laboratory 
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1020 - 1024 E 58th St, Chicago IL, 60637 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 252053

Building Info

Square Footage
59,841 sqft
1/5 median
296,415 sqft
1/3 median Laboratory
167,274 sqft
Built
1894
Primary Property Type
Laboratory
Community Area
Hyde Park
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information

For 2020

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
18.8 kg CO2e / sqft
#1 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Higher than 90% of all buildings
2.4x median
7.7 kg CO2e / sqft
0.7x median Laboratory
26.6 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
1,122.8 metric tons CO2 eq.
#1 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Lower than 91% of all buildings
0.5x median
2,063.4 metric tons CO2 eq.
1/4 median Laboratory
4,311.8 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
335.7 kBtu / sqft
#1 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Higher than 90% of all buildings
2.3x median
143.1 kBtu / sqft
0.7x median Laboratory
489.8 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
234.7 kBtu / sqft
#3 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Higher than 95% of all buildings
2.9x median
81.9 kBtu / sqft
0.8x median Laboratory
276.2 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use
1,320 kBtu
#3 Lowest in Chicago* 🏆
#2 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
1/9370 median
12,367,856.3 kBtu
1/3930 median Laboratory
5,187,408.6 kBtu
Electricity Use
2,733,673.8 kBtu
#2 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Lower than 97% of all buildings
1/3 median
8,755,592 kBtu
1/6 median Laboratory
17,473,229.2 kBtu
District Steam Use
7,313,847.3 kBtu
0.6x median
12,791,107.2 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use
3,994,199.8 kBtu
1/2 median
9,674,280.5 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: