Joffco Square

555 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago IL, 60607 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 100068

Building Info

Square Footage: 173,704 sqft
Higher than 61% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
130,550 sqft
Median Other - Mall
125,835 sqft
Built: 2008
Primary Property Type: Other - Mall
Community Area: Near West Side
Chicago Energy Rating: 2.0 / 4
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Emissions & Energy Information

For 2021

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 12.9 kg CO₂e / sqft
Higher than 92% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
6.5 kg CO₂e / sqft
Median Other - Mall
11.6 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 1,229.3 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Higher than 62% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
873.9 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Median Other - Mall
927.8 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity: 253.1 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 92% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
126.8 kBtu / sqft
Median Other - Mall
226.9 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 91.4 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 71% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
73.6 kBtu / sqft
Median Other - Mall
81.6 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use: 144,608 kBtu
Lower than 91% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
5,147,647.2 kBtu
Median Other - Mall
605,977.8 kBtu
Electricity Use: 8,553,112.9 kBtu
Higher than 75% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
3,656,138.8 kBtu
Median Other - Mall
6,466,647.6 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

See some additional resources on improving energy efficiency and understanding this data: