540 W Madison Ave 
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540 W Madison, Chicago IL, 60661 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 101729

Building Info

Square Footage
1,419,333 sqft
#1 Largest of Financial Offices
Higher than 98% of all buildings
10x median
139,707 sqft
2.4x median Financial Office
581,260 sqft
Built
2004
Primary Property Type
Financial Office
Community Area
Near West Side
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
13.6 kg CO2e / sqft
#1 Highest of Financial Offices 🚨
Higher than 94% of all buildings
2.1x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
2.2x median Financial Office
6.1 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
16,648.6 tons CO2e
#24 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#1 Highest of Financial Offices 🚨
19x median
885.8 tons CO2e
4.7x median Financial Office
3,538.1 tons CO2e

Years Reported 8/9 B

  • 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

Energy Breakdown

Natural Gas Use
817,698.5 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $10,000 for 2022**
#1 Lowest of Financial Offices 🏆
Lower than 90% of all buildings
1/7 median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
1/12 median Financial Office
9,683,401 kBtu
Electricity Use
126,069,983.5 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $5,284,000 for 2022**
#14 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#1 Highest of Financial Offices 🚨
33x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
6x median Financial Office
19,755,483.5 kBtu

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 126,887,682 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info
Source Energy Usage Intensity
289.5 kBtu / sqft
#1 Highest of Financial Offices 🚨
Higher than 94% of all buildings
2.2x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
2.3x median Financial Office
127.3 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
103.8 kBtu / sqft
#1 Highest of Financial Offices 🚨
Higher than 77% of all buildings
1.3x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.6x median Financial Office
64.4 kBtu / sqft

Full Historical Data Table

Year Floor Area sqft Chicago Energy
Rating 		Energy Star
Score 		GHG Intensity kg CO2e / sqft GHG Emissions metric tons CO2e Source EUI kBTU / sqft Electricity Use kBTU Natural Gas Use kBTU
2014 1,222,281 - 77 15.1518,514237.091,870,0451,060,716
2015 1,222,281 - 81 13.916,997217.584,347,472953,831
2016 1,222,281 - 86 12.715,542.7216.784,125,623688,143
2017 1,222,281 - 91 13.516,514.5229.589,191,557442,307
2018 1,222,281 4.0 81 12.715,570.4214.493,478,256357,344
2020 1,419,333 4.0 88 13.416,431.1241.2105,046,453689,248
2021 1,419,333 4.0 86 13.015,899.1255.0110,938,1431,020,465
2022 1,419,333 3.5 74 13.616,648.6289.5126,069,983817,698

* Note on Rankings: Rankings and medians are among included buildings, which are those who reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for the year 2022, 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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