City North 14

2600 N Western Ave, Chicago IL, 60647 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 132207

Building Info

Square Footage: 73,000 sqft
#1 Largest of Movie Theaters
Lower than 80% of all buildings
0.5x median
139,707 sqft
1.1x median Movie Theater
65,260.5 sqft
Built: 2010
Primary Property Type: Movie Theater
Community Area: Logan Square
Chicago Energy Rating: 1.0 / 4
Owner

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 11.1 kg CO₂e / sqft
#1 Lowest of Movie Theaters 🏆
Higher than 90% of all buildings
1.7x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
0.7x median Movie Theater
15.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 809.3 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Lower than 53% of all buildings
0.9x median
885.8 metric tons CO₂ eq.
1.0x median Movie Theater
848.9 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity: 234.4 kBtu / sqft
#1 Lowest of Movie Theaters 🏆
Higher than 90% of all buildings
1.8x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
0.7x median Movie Theater
320.9 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 93.6 kBtu / sqft
#1 Lowest of Movie Theaters 🏆
Higher than 69% of all buildings
1.2x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
0.6x median Movie Theater
163.7 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use: 1,154,018 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $14,000 for 2022**
#1 Lowest of Movie Theaters 🏆
Lower than 88% of all buildings
1/5 median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
1/4 median Movie Theater
4,440,615 kBtu
Electricity Use: 5,678,738.2 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $238,000 for 2022**
Higher than 63% of all buildings
1.5x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
1.0x median Movie Theater
5,591,413.5 kBtu

Historical Data

Year	Floor Area sqft	Chicago Energy Rating	GHG Intensity kg CO₂e / sqft	GHG Emissions metric tons CO₂e	Source EUI kBTU / sqft	Electricity Use kBTU	Natural Gas Use kBTU
2015	73,000	-	32.3	2,361	515.8	10,851,132	3,413,000
2016	73,000	-	25.6	1,866.6	441.5	9,274,587	2,957,799
2017	73,000	-	25.2	1,842.6	435.1	9,051,586	3,181,600
2018	73,000	1.0	23.2	1,695.7	398.6	9,052,650	3,570,600
2020	73,000	1.0	11.3	821.6	204.1	4,698,146	1,662,899
2022	73,000	1.0	11.1	809.3	234.4	5,678,738	1,154,018

Total GHG Emissions (metric tons CO₂e)

* 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

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 ). This has already been done across the country with a variety of buildings, large and small, like the Hotel Marcel .

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

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