Goldblatt Hospital

5840 S Ellis Ave, Chicago IL, 60637 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 251951

Building Info

Square Footage: 132,867 sqft
1.0x median
139,707 sqft
0.9x median Laboratory
150,729 sqft
Built: 1950
Primary Property Type: Laboratory
Building Count: 2
Community Area: Hyde Park
Chicago Energy Rating: 3.0 / 4
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2019

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 20.5 kg CO₂e / sqft
3.2x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
0.9x median Laboratory
23.5 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 2,717.9 metric tons CO₂ eq.
3.1x median
885.8 metric tons CO₂ eq.
0.6x median Laboratory
4,237.4 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity: 359.9 kBtu / sqft
2.7x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
0.8x median Laboratory
461.2 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 232.8 kBtu / sqft
3.0x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
0.8x median Laboratory
299.9 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use: Not Reported
This data was not reported for this building, which likely means a value of zero for this field.
Electricity Use: 6,639,175.4 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $278,000 for 2019**
1.7x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
1/2 median Laboratory
16,507,348 kBtu
District Steam Use: 24,297,899.4 kBtu
Most buildings don't use district steam, so we don't currently have comparison data.

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	District Steam Use kBTU
2015	79,347	-	31.2	2,479	528.9	5,889,153	-	19,509,960
2016	79,347	-	30.9	2,455	546.1	5,762,011	-	20,978,579
2017	79,347	-	29.1	2,306.1	512.2	5,423,398	-	19,629,360
2018	132,867	3.0	21.3	2,831.3	375.3	6,720,698	-	25,802,340
2019	132,867	3.0	20.5	2,717.9	359.9	6,639,175	-	24,297,899

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

See some additional resources on improving energy efficiency and understanding this data: