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(IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place)

Multifamily Housing in Chicago, IL · 233 E. Walton Place · 60611

At a glance

(IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) is a 70,242-square-foot multifamily housing building in Chicago, Illinois, built in 1926. In its 2023 Chicago benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 77.2 kBtu/ft² and 343 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2023
Site EUI
77.2
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
343
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
4.9
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
70,242
sq ft
Year built
1926
vintage
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Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance · reporting year 2023

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI77.2 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI96.8 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions343 tCO₂e
GHG intensity4.9 kgCO₂e/ft²
Electricity184,821 kWh
Natural gas47,912 therms
Gross floor area70,242 sq ft
Source recordchicago:113652:2023

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2023latest—77.2 kBtu/ft²343 tCO₂e
2022—17.3 kBtu/ft²119 tCO₂e
2021—80.0 kBtu/ft²360 tCO₂e
2020—82.3 kBtu/ft²377 tCO₂e
2019—89.7 kBtu/ft²416 tCO₂e
2018—179.2 kBtu/ft²749 tCO₂e
2017—76.3 kBtu/ft²379 tCO₂e
2016—82.9 kBtu/ft²406 tCO₂e

Compliance context

Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance

Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.

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Ownership

No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.

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Location

Address
233 E. Walton Place
State
Illinois
ZIP
60611
Coordinates
41.90761, -87.68700

Within ~1 km

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How does (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 1,515 multifamily housing buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 77.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 72.0 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 4.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 16% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 70,242 sq ft, it is about 66% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1926, 45 years earlier than the group's average year built (1971). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place), covering report years 2016–2023. Site EUI moved from 82.9 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 77.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 406 tCO₂e to 343 tCO₂e over the same span (down 16%).

What does a site EUI of 77.2 kBtu/ft² mean?

Site energy-use intensity (EUI) is the energy a building uses on site in a year divided by its floor area, in thousand Btu per square foot — lower is more efficient. (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place)'s 77.2 kBtu/ft² across 70,242 sq ft works out to about 5.4 billion Btu (1,589 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 96.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 184,821 kWh of electricity and 47,912 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) to report its energy use?

(IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) reports under the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance, the legal basis of the Chicago Energy Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2023 disclosure (source record chicago:113652:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.

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Frequently asked questions

What is (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place)'s energy grade?

(IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 77.2 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) use?

Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 77.2 kBtu/ft² (96.8 kBtu/ft² source) across 70,242 sq ft, including 184,821 kWh of electricity and 47,912 therms of natural gas.

What are (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place)'s carbon emissions?

(IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) reported 343 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.9 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.

Where is (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place)?

(IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) is in Chicago, Illinois 60611. Its coordinates are 41.90761, -87.68700 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Chicago Energy Benchmarking file.

How big is (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) and when was it built?

(IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) has 70,242 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1926 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.

Is (IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place) covered by the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance?

Yes — it appears in the 2023 Chicago Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance.

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About this data

Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking (Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: BuildingCensus, “(IL622) - 233 E Walton Place Building (233 E. Walton Place), Chicago, Illinois — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/chicago/il622-233-e-walton-place-building-233-e-walton-place-3e40c557 (data as of October 2, 2026).