The Gwen 

521 N Rush St, Chicago IL, 60611 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 254080

Building Info

Square Footage
360,000 sqft
Higher than 80% of all buildings
2.6x median
139,707 sqft
1.5x median Hotel
241,525.5 sqft
Built
1999
Primary Property Type
Hotel
Community Area
Near North Side
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
7.6 kg CO2e / sqft
Higher than 70% of all buildings
1.2x median
6.4 kg CO2e / sqft
0.8x median Hotel
9.4 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2,727.2 tons CO2e
Higher than 84% of all buildings
3.1x median
885.8 tons CO2e
1.1x median Hotel
2,557.1 tons CO2e

Years Reported 7/7 A

  • 2016 data reported

    2016

  • 2017 data reported

    2017

  • 2018 data reported

    2018

  • 2019 data reported

    2019

  • 2020 data reported

    2020

  • 2021 data reported

    2021

  • 2022 data reported

    2022

Energy Breakdown

Natural Gas Use
6,825,430.2 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $81,000 for 2022**
Higher than 57% of all buildings
1.2x median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
0.5x median Hotel
12,698,925.4 kBtu
Electricity Use
14,479,393.9 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $607,000 for 2022**
Higher than 86% of all buildings
3.8x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
1.2x median Hotel
12,188,104.7 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use
8,681,828.4 kBtu

Most buildings don't use district chilling, so we don't currently have comparison data.

Energy Mix

Total Energy Use: 29,986,653 kBTU

View Extra Technical Info
Source Energy Usage Intensity
154.5 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 68% of all buildings
1.2x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
0.8x median Hotel
194.1 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
83.3 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 56% of all buildings
1.1x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
0.8x median Hotel
106.2 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
2016 360,000 - 72 8.73,128.6154.311,459,6456,951,129
2017 360,000 - 49 11.54,157.3201.118,187,9015,187,976
2018 360,000 2.5 58 11.13,990.9190.019,495,3866,759,280
2019 360,000 2.5 58 10.93,940.3187.619,115,2116,584,290
2020 360,000 4.0 99 5.11,820.391.38,405,8714,089,720
2021 360,000 4.0 94 6.22,235.7118.810,148,1785,910,342
2022 360,000 4.0 82 7.62,727.2154.514,479,3936,825,430

* 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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