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Cubs Office Building 
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1101 W WAVELAND AVE, Chicago IL, 60613 Find on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Chicago Building ID: 254978

Building Info

Square Footage
247,887 sqft
Higher than 71% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
130,550 sqft
Median Office
238,146 sqft
Built
2017
Primary Property Type
Office
Community Area
Lake View
Owner
Not Tagged

Emissions & Energy Information

For 2021

Greenhouse Gas Intensity
30.9 kg CO2e / sqft
#21 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#2 Highest of Offices 🚨
Median Chicago Building
6.5 kg CO2e / sqft
Median Office
7 kg CO2e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions
7,649 metric tons CO2 eq.
Higher than 96% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
873.9 metric tons CO2 eq.
Median Office
1,762.8 metric tons CO2 eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity
605.4 kBtu / sqft
#20 Highest in Chicago* 🚩
#2 Highest of Offices 🚨
Median Chicago Building
126.8 kBtu / sqft
Median Office
137.1 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity
249.1 kBtu / sqft
#3 Highest of Offices 🚨
Higher than 98% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
73.6 kBtu / sqft
Median Office
63.6 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use
13,046,629.9 kBtu
Higher than 81% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
5,147,647.2 kBtu
Median Office
2,211,132.6 kBtu
Electricity Use
48,702,478.6 kBtu
Higher than 97% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
3,656,138.8 kBtu
Median Office
9,692,318.2 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 (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: