Bell Federal Building

79 W Monroe St, Chicago IL, 60603 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 173612

Building Info

Square Footage: 198,650 sqft
Higher than 63% of all buildings
1.4x median
139,707 sqft
0.8x median Office
259,000 sqft
Built: 1904
Primary Property Type: Office
Community Area: Loop
Chicago Energy Rating: 3.5 / 4
Energy Star Score: 60 / 100
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 8.5 kg CO₂e / sqft
Higher than 79% of all buildings
1.3x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
1.2x median Office
6.9 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 1,683.1 tons CO₂e
Higher than 72% of all buildings
1.9x median
885.8 tons CO₂e
0.9x median Office
1,832.2 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 8/8 A

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Energy Breakdown

Natural Gas Use: 0 kBtu
Lower than 97% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
5,818,399.6 kBtu
Median Office
2,672,800.1 kBtu
This Building Didn't Burn Any Natural Gas! 🎉
This building burned no natural gas on-site and isn't connected to a district heating system, meaning it's fully electric! View Chicago's Biggest Gas Free Buildings .
Electricity Use: 11,512,620.1 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $483,000 for 2022**
Higher than 82% of all buildings
3.0x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
1.1x median Office
10,340,763.6 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use: 3,164,400.1 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district chilling, so we don't currently have comparison data.

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 14,677,020 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info

Source Energy Usage Intensity: 176.8 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 79% of all buildings
1.3x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1.2x median Office
142.6 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 73.9 kBtu / sqft
Lower than 56% of all buildings
0.9x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1.1x median Office
66.3 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
2015	198,650	-	48	18.5	3,672	292.6	17,181,167	-
2016	198,650	-	41	18.0	3,582.6	309.9	17,926,753	-
2017	198,650	-	40	17.2	3,424.7	295.2	17,229,273	-
2018	198,650	1.0	19	16.6	3,292.1	279.5	18,319,451	-
2019	198,650	1.5	31	15.2	3,025	256.9	16,619,896	-
2020	198,650	2.5	39	12.8	2,550.9	229.7	14,972,119	-
2021	198,650	3.0	47	10.7	2,133.7	208.1	13,452,843	0
2022	198,650	3.5	60	8.5	1,683.1	176.8	11,512,620	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 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 for the original statistics.

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data

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