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River North Point 
🚩

350 N Orleans St, Chicago IL, 60654 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 103653

Building Info

Square Footage
1,883,966 sqft
#28 Largest
#11 Largest of Offices
6x the median, 3.8x the median Office
Median benchmarked building*:
296,415 sqft
Median benchmarked Office*:
496,678 sqft
Built
1975
Primary Property Type
Office
Community Area
Near North Side
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
10.2 kg CO2e / sqft
Higher than 72% of others
1.3x the median, 1.3x the median Office
Median benchmarked building*:
7.7 kg CO2e / sqft
Median benchmarked Office*:
7.8 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
19,305 metric tons CO2 eq.
#25 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#9 Highest of Offices 🚨
9x the median, 5x the median Office
Median benchmarked building*:
2,063.4 metric tons CO2 eq.
Median benchmarked Office*:
3,550.2 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
183.2 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 71% of others
1.3x the median, 1.3x the median Office
Median benchmarked building*:
143.1 kBtu / sqft
Median benchmarked Office*:
140.8 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
77.7 kBtu / sqft
Lower than 55% of others
0.9x the median, 1.2x the median Office
Median benchmarked building*:
81.9 kBtu / sqft
Median benchmarked Office*:
65.2 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use
716,600 kBtu
#25 Lowest of Offices 🏆
Lower than 95% of others
1/17 the median, 1/13 the median Office
Median benchmarked building*:
12,367,856.3 kBtu
Median benchmarked Office*:
9,318,813.4 kBtu
Electricity Use
112,089,930.8 kBtu
#21 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#7 Highest of Offices 🚨
13x the median, 6x the median Office
Median benchmarked building*:
8,755,592 kBtu
Median benchmarked Office*:
18,103,403.8 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use
33,646,498.5 kBtu
3.5x the median, the median Office
Median benchmarked building*:
9,674,280.5 kBtu

* Important Note: Rankings and medians are among included buildings, which are those who reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for the year 2020 with emissions greater than 1,000 metric tons.

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data Covered Buildings (opens in a new tab)

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

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: