Ryerson Laboratory/ Eckhart Hall

1118 1132 E 58th St, Chicago IL, 60637 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 252052

Building Info

Square Footage: 67,717 sqft
Lower than 84% of all buildings
1/2 median
139,707 sqft
1/2 median Laboratory
150,729 sqft
Built: 1894
Primary Property Type: Laboratory
Community Area: Hyde Park
Chicago Energy Rating: 4.0 / 4
Owner

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 5.3 kg CO₂e / sqft
#1 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Lower than 71% of all buildings
0.8x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
1/4 median Laboratory
23.5 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 358.8 metric tons CO₂ eq.
#1 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Lower than 87% of all buildings
1/2 median
885.8 metric tons CO₂ eq.
1/12 median Laboratory
4,237.4 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity: 106.6 kBtu / sqft
#1 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Lower than 72% of all buildings
0.8x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
1/4 median Laboratory
461.2 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 54.6 kBtu / sqft
#1 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Lower than 81% of all buildings
0.7x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
1/5 median Laboratory
299.9 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use: 0 kBtu
#2 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Lower than 97% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
5,818,399.6 kBtu
Median Laboratory
91,419 kBtu
This Building Uses District Heating ❗
Although this building didn't burn any natural gas on site, it's connected to a district heating system, a centralized system for heating multiple buildings. District heating systems can be fully electric, but in Chicago most district heating systems are natural gas powered, meaning this building was most likely still heated with natural gas.
Electricity Use: 1,734,067.2 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $73,000 for 2022**
#1 Lowest of Laboratories 🏆
Lower than 76% of all buildings
1/2 median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
1/10 median Laboratory
16,507,348 kBtu
District Steam Use: 1,963,580.8 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	132,555	-	7.6	121.1	4,202,257	-	2,371,141
2016	135,318	-	8.3	143.7	4,138,609	-	5,365,442
2017	135,318	-	7.9	137.2	3,870,604	-	5,332,618
2018	135,318	4.0	7.3	127.3	3,630,262	-	5,873,572
2019	135,318	3.0	7.1	128.5	3,195,959	-	7,012,362
2020	61,716	4.0	5.7	103.5	1,391,365	-	2,590,323
2021	67,717	4.0	4.0	77.7	1,452,752	0	994,673
2022	67,717	4.0	5.3	106.6	1,734,067	0	1,963,580

* 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: