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222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago IL, 60654 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 103656

Attribution: Source

Building Info

Square Footage: 4,131,093 sqft
#4 Largest
#2 Largest of Offices
33x median
124,364 sqft
18x median Office
231,240 sqft
Built: 1930
Primary Property Type: Office
Community Area: Near North Side
Ward: 42
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2023 Report Card

Overall Grade

Emissions Intensity - 50%

Energy Mix - 40%

Consistent Reporting - 10%

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Emissions & Energy Information for 2023

Greenhouse Gas Intensity A: 4.5 kg CO₂e / sqft
Lower than 83% of all buildings
0.7x median
6.2 kg CO₂e / sqft
0.7x median Office
6.6 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 18,631 tons CO₂e
#17 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#6 Highest of Offices 🚨
22x median
841.4 tons CO₂e
11x median Office
1,647.9 tons CO₂e

Years Reported 10/10
A

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

Energy Breakdown for theMART, Chicago

Fossil Gas Use (aka Natural Gas): 73,046,757 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $871,000 for 2023**
#27 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#1 Highest of Offices 🚨
13x median
5,517,828 kBtu
15x median Office
4,958,713.7 kBtu
Electricity Use: 92,238,712 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $3,866,000 for 2023**
#20 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#9 Highest of Offices 🚨
26x median
3,580,332.6 kBtu
10x median Office
9,303,318.1 kBtu
District Chilled Water Use: 35,019,072 kBtu
4.5x median
7,765,434.2 kBtu

Energy Mix A

Total Energy Use: 200,304,541 kBTU

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Source Energy Usage Intensity: Not Reported
This data was not reported for this building this year, which likely means a value of zero for this field.
Site Energy Usage Intensity: Not Reported
This data was not reported for this building this year, which likely means a value of zero for this field.

Full Historical Data Table for theMART, Chicago

Year	Overall Grade	Emissions Intensity Sub-Grade	Energy Mix Sub-Grade	Reporting Mix Sub-Grade	GHG Intensity kg CO₂e / sqft	GHG Emissions metric tons CO₂e	Energy Mix	Electricity Use kBTU	Fossil Gas Use kBTU	District Chilled Water Use kBTU	Source EUI kBTU / sqft	Floor Area sqft
2014	B	A	C	A	8.35	34,627	49%Electricity 35%Fossil Gas 16%Other	135,798,726	95,835,487	42,748,968	137	4,146,422
2015	B	B	B	A	8.2	33,812	54%Electricity 29%Fossil Gas 18%Other	137,091,874	73,580,865	44,795,160	133.3	4,146,422
2016	B	C	A	A	7.5	30,588	49%Electricity 30%Fossil Gas 21%Other	127,962,386	78,814,191	53,439,600	131.2	4,101,281
2017	B	C	A	A	7.2	29,940	50%Electricity 30%Fossil Gas 19%Other	126,428,282	76,256,825	47,699,664	127	4,131,093
2018	B	B	A	A	6.8	28,032	48%Electricity 33%Fossil Gas 19%Other	124,822,322	86,694,680	50,511,503	117.8	4,131,093
2019	B	B	A	A	6.5	26,957	47%Electricity 36%Fossil Gas 17%Other	119,360,461	90,972,398	43,033,103	113.5	4,131,093
2020	A	B	A	A	5.1	20,933	48%Electricity 37%Fossil Gas 15%Other	97,554,926	76,248,401	31,458,239	92.4	4,259,185
2021	A	B	A	A	4.8	19,842	45%Electricity 37%Fossil Gas 19%Other	95,434,902	77,881,660	39,374,543	93.2	4,259,185
2022	A	B	A	A	4.7	19,236	44%Electricity 40%Fossil Gas 16%Other	96,458,631	87,808,385	35,431,012	95.5	4,259,185
2023	A	A	A	A	4.5	18,631	46%Electricity 36%Fossil Gas 17%Other	92,238,712	73,046,757	35,019,072	88.8	4,131,093

* Note on Rankings: Rankings and medians are among included buildings, which are those who reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for the year 2023, 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

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