55 East Monroe Office 
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55 East Monroe Street, Chicago IL, 60603 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 101717

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Building Info

Square Footage
1,609,901 sqft
#34 Largest
13x median
125,000 sqft
7x median Office
231,380.5 sqft
Built
1972
Primary Property Type
Office
Community Area
Loop
Ward
34
Chicago Energy Rating (opens in a new tab)
3.0 / 4
Owner
Not Tagged

2023 Report Card

Overall Grade
B
Emissions Intensity - 50%
D
Energy Mix - 40%
A
Consistent Reporting - 10%
A
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2023

Greenhouse Gas Intensity D
7.8 kg CO2e / sqft
Higher than 75% of all buildings
1.3x median
6.2 kg CO2e / sqft
1.2x median Office
6.6 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
12,525 tons CO2e
#38 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#14 Highest of Offices 🚩
15x median
841.4 tons CO2e
8x median Office
1,647.9 tons CO2e

Years Reported 9/10
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  • 2014 data reported

    2014

  • 2015 data reported

    2015

  • 2016 data reported

    2016

  • 2017 data reported

    2017

  • 2018 data reported

    2018

  • 2019 data not reported

    2019

  • 2020 data reported

    2020

  • 2021 data reported

    2021

  • 2022 data reported

    2022

  • 2023 data reported

    2023

Energy Breakdown for 55 East Monroe Office

Fossil Gas Use (aka Natural Gas)
652,106 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $8,000 for 2023**
Lower than 97% of all buildings
1/8 median
5,531,309.9 kBtu
1/8 median Office
4,914,124.4 kBtu
Electricity Use
78,147,999 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $3,275,000 for 2023**
#30 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#14 Highest of Offices 🚩
22x median
3,601,769.1 kBtu
8x median Office
9,379,259.2 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use
29,540,806 kBtu
4.1x median
7,171,044.1 kBtu

Energy Mix A

Total Energy Use: 108,340,912 kBTU

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Source Energy Usage Intensity
Not Reported

This data was not reported for this building this year, which likely means a value of zero for this field.

Site Energy Usage Intensity
Not Reported

This data was not reported for this building this year, which likely means a value of zero for this field.

Full Historical Data Table for 55 East Monroe Office

Year Overall
Grade 		Emissions
Intensity
Sub-Grade 		Energy Mix
Sub-Grade 		Reporting Mix
Sub-Grade 		GHG Intensity kg CO2e / sqft GHG Emissions metric tons CO2eEnergy Mix Electricity Use kBTU Fossil Gas Use kBTU District Chilled
Water Use kBTU		Source EUI kBTU / sqft Floor Area sqft Chicago Energy
Rating 		Energy Star
Score
2014 C D B A 14.8224,809
72%Electricity
1%Fossil Gas
28%Other
 111,793,907 1,063,517 43,490,499 236 1,674,462 - 64.0
2015 C D A A 13.823,098
68%Electricity
1%Fossil Gas
31%Other
 102,358,601 1,019,668 47,038,919 220.7 1,674,462 - 69.0
2016 C F A A 12.921,589
62%Electricity
1%Fossil Gas
37%Other
 99,652,271 1,223,415 59,895,646 223.4 1,674,462 - 70.0
2017 C F A A 12.520,870
71%Electricity
1%Fossil Gas
28%Other
 101,014,580 1,164,338 40,451,726 214.3 1,674,462 - 78.0
2018 C F A A 12.120,341
73%Electricity
0%Fossil Gas
27%Other
 109,376,778 - 40,700,220 205 1,674,462 2.5 51.0
2019- 104,591,823 - - 1,674,462 2.5 59.0
2020 B D A A 9.315,558
72%Electricity
0%Fossil Gas
28%Other
 88,292,385 - 33,751,200 166 2,144,478 4.0 68.0
2021 B D A A 8.614,344
73%Electricity
0%Fossil Gas
27%Other
 88,161,952 - 33,249,275 165.5 2,144,478 2.5 59.0
2022 B D A A 8.112,986
74%Electricity
0%Fossil Gas
26%Other
 86,540,181 - 30,132,754 169 2,065,629 - -
2023 B D A A 7.812,525
72%Electricity
1%Fossil Gas
27%Other
 78,147,999 652,107 29,540,807 153 1,609,901 3.0 67.0

* Note on Rankings: Rankings and medians are among included buildings, which are those who reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for the year 2023, which only applies to buildings over 50,000 square feet.

** Note on Bill Estimates: Estimates for gas and electric bills are based on average electric and gas retail prices for Chicago in 2021 and are rounded. We expect large buildings would negotiate lower rates with utilities, but these estimates serve as an upper bound of cost and help understand the volume of energy a building is used by comparing it to your own energy bills! See our Chicago Gas & Electric Costs Source (opens in a new tab) for the original statistics.

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)

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