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Whole Foods KBS 
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1550 N Kingsbury St, Chicago IL, 60642.0 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 175850

Building Info

Square Footage
256,742 sqft
#1 Largest of Supermarket/Grocery Stores
Lower than 58% of others
0.9x the median
Median benchmarked building*:
296,415 sqft
Built
2009
Primary Property Type
Supermarket/Grocery Store
Community Area
Near North Side
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
37.9 kg CO2e / sqft
#15 Highest in Chicago 🚩
#2 Highest of Supermarket/Grocery Stores 🚨
4.7x the median
Median benchmarked building*:
8 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
3,767.1 metric tons CO2 eq.
#2 Highest of Supermarket/Grocery Stores 🚨
Higher than 77% of others
1.8x the median
Median benchmarked building*:
2,063 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
695.8 kBtu / sqft
#15 Highest in Chicago 🚩
#2 Highest of Supermarket/Grocery Stores 🚨
4.9x the median
Median benchmarked building*:
143 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
353.5 kBtu / sqft
#18 Highest in Chicago 🚩
#2 Highest of Supermarket/Grocery Stores 🚨
4.3x the median
Median benchmarked building*:
82 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use
16,712,339.5 kBtu
#2 Highest of Supermarket/Grocery Stores 🚨
Higher than 66% of others
1.4x the median
Median benchmarked building*:
12,367,856 kBtu
Electricity Use
18,449,486.5 kBtu
#1 Highest of Supermarket/Grocery Stores 🚨
Higher than 80% of others
2.1x the median
Median benchmarked building*:
8,755,592 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: