Ida Noyes Hall

1212 E 59th St, Chicago IL, 60637 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 252059

Building Info

Square Footage: 91,970 sqft
Lower than 69% of all buildings
0.7x median
139,707 sqft
1.0x median Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly
91,970 sqft
Built: 1916
Primary Property Type: Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly
Community Area: Hyde Park
Chicago Energy Rating: 2.0 / 4
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Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 6.9 kg CO₂e / sqft
#1 Lowest of Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly 🏆
Higher than 59% of all buildings
1.1x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
1.0x median Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly
7.2 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 634.5 metric tons CO₂ eq.
#1 Lowest of Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly 🏆
Lower than 64% of all buildings
0.7x median
885.8 metric tons CO₂ eq.
0.9x median Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly
690.1 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity: 138.5 kBtu / sqft
#1 Lowest of Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly 🏆
Higher than 56% of all buildings
1.0x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
0.9x median Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly
150.1 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 72.9 kBtu / sqft
#1 Lowest of Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly 🏆
Lower than 57% of all buildings
0.9x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
0.9x median Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly
78.2 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use: 257,700 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $3,000 for 2022**
#1 Lowest of Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly 🏆
Lower than 92% of all buildings
1/23 median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
1/14 median Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly
3,645,997.3 kBtu
Electricity Use: 2,949,520.2 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $124,000 for 2022**
#1 Lowest of Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly 🏆
Lower than 58% of all buildings
0.8x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
0.8x median Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly
3,769,154.1 kBtu
District Steam Use: 3,498,647 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	Source EUI kBtu / sqft	Electricity Use kBtu	Natural Gas Use kBtu	District Steam Use kBtu
2015	91,970	-	11.2	183.7	3,423,690	302,870	4,844,476
2016	91,970	-	10.2	177.3	3,388,379	284,040	4,462,706
2017	91,970	-	8.3	143.6	2,848,361	-	3,543,947
2018	91,970	3.0	8.4	145.5	2,979,443	-	4,185,638
2019	91,970	2.0	8.0	144.5	2,816,704	-	4,493,022
2020	91,970	4.0	5.9	107.1	1,888,279	111,855	3,694,379
2021	91,970	3.0	6.1	116.3	2,473,587	91,000	3,058,168
2022	91,970	2.0	6.9	138.5	2,949,520	257,700	3,498,647

* 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: