Thorek Memorial Hospital

850 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL, 60613 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 164922

Building Info

Square Footage: 205,000 sqft
Higher than 66% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
130,550 sqft
Median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
966,916 sqft
Built: 1981
Primary Property Type: Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
Building Count: 2
Community Area: Uptown
Chicago Energy Rating: 4.0 / 4
Energy Star Score: 94 / 100
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Emissions & Energy Information

For 2021

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 16.7 kg CO₂e / sqft
Higher than 95% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
6.5 kg CO₂e / sqft
Median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
19.8 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 3,423.7 metric tons CO₂ eq.
#1 Lowest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🏆
Higher than 89% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
873.9 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
13,542.6 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity: 328.2 kBtu / sqft
Higher than 95% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
126.8 kBtu / sqft
Median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
388.9 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 174.5 kBtu / sqft
#2 Lowest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🏆
Higher than 94% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
73.6 kBtu / sqft
Median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
225 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use: 18,775,836 kBtu
#2 Lowest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🏆
Higher than 89% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
5,147,647.2 kBtu
Median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
86,512,220.1 kBtu
Electricity Use: 16,988,812 kBtu
#2 Lowest of Hospitals (General Medical & Surgical) 🏆
Higher than 89% of all buildings
Median Chicago Building
3,656,138.8 kBtu
Median Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
57,468,384.2 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

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

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