RML Specialty Hospital

3534 W Van Buren, Chicago IL, 60624 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 251797

Building Info

Square Footage: 190,000 sqft
#1 Largest of Other - Specialty Hospital
Higher than 64% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
130,550 sqft
Median Other - Specialty Hospital
119,087 sqft
Built: 1984
Primary Property Type: Other - Specialty Hospital
Community Area: East Garfield Park
Chicago Energy Rating: 3.0 / 4
Owner

Emissions & Energy Information

For 2021

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 19.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
#1 Highest of Other - Specialty Hospital 🚨
Higher than 96% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
6.5 kg CO₂e / sqft
Median Other - Specialty Hospital
17 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 3,686 metric tons CO₂ eq.
#1 Highest of Other - Specialty Hospital 🚨
Higher than 90% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
873.9 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Median Other - Specialty Hospital
1,489.3 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity: 381.5 kBtu / sqft
#1 Highest of Other - Specialty Hospital 🚨
Higher than 96% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
126.8 kBtu / sqft
Median Other - Specialty Hospital
334.7 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 218.1 kBtu / sqft
#1 Highest of Other - Specialty Hospital 🚨
Higher than 97% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
73.6 kBtu / sqft
Median Other - Specialty Hospital
181.9 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use: 24,888,315.2 kBtu
#1 Highest of Other - Specialty Hospital 🚨
Higher than 93% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
5,147,647.2 kBtu
Median Other - Specialty Hospital
10,847,944 kBtu
Electricity Use: 16,552,076 kBtu
#1 Highest of Other - Specialty Hospital 🚨
Higher than 89% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
3,656,138.8 kBtu
Median Other - Specialty Hospital
6,516,438.9 kBtu

* Important Note: Rankings and medians are among included buildings, which are those who reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for the year 2021, which only applies to buildings over 50,000 square feet.

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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