Bria of Forest Edge

8001 S Western Ave, Chicago IL, 60620 Find on Google Maps

Chicago Building ID: 132823

Building Info

Square Footage: 85,771 sqft
Lower than 72% of all buildings
0.6x median
139,707 sqft
1.0x median Senior Living Community
85,816 sqft
Built: 1963
Primary Property Type: Senior Living Community
Community Area: Ashburn
Chicago Energy Rating: 1.0 / 4
Energy Star Score: 3 / 100
Owner

Emissions & Energy Information for 2022

Greenhouse Gas Intensity: 18.1 kg CO₂e / sqft
#1 Highest of Senior Living Communities 🚨
Higher than 97% of all buildings
2.8x median
6.4 kg CO₂e / sqft
2.3x median Senior Living Community
7.8 kg CO₂e / sqft
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 1,319.1 metric tons CO₂ eq.
#7 Highest of Senior Living Communities 🚨
Higher than 64% of all buildings
1.5x median
885.8 metric tons CO₂ eq.
2.1x median Senior Living Community
642.5 metric tons CO₂ eq.
Source Energy Usage Intensity: 371.8 kBtu / sqft
#1 Highest of Senior Living Communities 🚨
Higher than 97% of all buildings
2.8x median
132.2 kBtu / sqft
2.3x median Senior Living Community
160.5 kBtu / sqft
Site Energy Usage Intensity: 239.3 kBtu / sqft
#2 Highest of Senior Living Communities 🚨
Higher than 98% of all buildings
3.1x median
78.4 kBtu / sqft
2.3x median Senior Living Community
103.3 kBtu / sqft
Natural Gas Use: 12,404,541.8 kBtu
Est. Gas Bill: $148,000 for 2022**
#6 Highest of Senior Living Communities 🚨
Higher than 76% of all buildings
2.1x median
5,818,399.6 kBtu
2.4x median Senior Living Community
5,135,800.1 kBtu
Electricity Use: 5,012,841.9 kBtu
Est. Electric Bill: $210,000 for 2022**
Higher than 60% of all buildings
1.3x median
3,796,376.7 kBtu
1.8x median Senior Living Community
2,820,345.6 kBtu

* Note on Rankings: Rankings and medians are among included buildings, which are those who reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for the year 2022, 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

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: