Electrify Chicago
An independent tool for viewing City of Chicago building data
According to the
2022 Chicago Climate Action Plan
,
69% of Chicago's emissions come from buildings, making
building emissions our biggest challenge and our biggest opportunity as a city
to tackle climate change. At Electrify Chicago, we showcase building performance using
publicly available data supplemented by community-submitted photographs and building
owners.
Start by looking at Chicago's buildings with the highest greenhouse gas intensity i.e. emissions per square foot. Large, efficient, buildings can perform much better than very inefficient small buildings on this metric.
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Chicago Buildings by Greenhouse Gas Intensity
Note: Data includes large Chicago buildings with data from 2022, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Note: This data only includes buildings whose emissions are reported
under the
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance. According to the City “As of 2016,
this list includes all commercial, institutional, and residential buildings larger than
50,000 square feet.” This dataset is also then filtered to only buildings with
reported emissions > 1,000 metric tons CO2 equivalent.
The latest year of data is from 2022, but we update the site regularly when new data is available, and some buildings may have failed to report that year, and only have older data available.
| Property Name / address | Primary Property Type |
Greenhouse Gas Intensity (kg CO2 eq./sqft) |
Total Greenhouse Emissions (metric tons CO2 eq.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Romanian Village
5161 N ASHLAND AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft 
Highest 43%
| 473 tons 
Lowest 23%
|
|
1338 1354 W ARGYLE ST
1338 1354 W ARGYLE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 349 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
University Center Chicago
525 S State St
| Other - Lodging/Residential | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 4,752 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
Evangeline Booth Lodge / Family and Community Services
🕰️
800 W Lawrence Ave
| Hotel | 6.8 kg/sqft | 483 tons |
|
77 West Huron Street
🕰️
77 W Huron St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft | 2,120 tons |
|
GX Master Tenant
2545 W Diversey Ave
| Office | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 1,537 tons
Highest 31%
|
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Regents Park
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5020 - 5050 S Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 9,858 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
Promontory Apartments
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5530 S SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft | 1,231 tons |
|
623 S Wabash Ave
623 S Wabash Ave
| College/University | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 1,397 tons
Highest 34%
|
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33 West Monroe
33 W Monroe St
| Office | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 7,338 tons
Highest 4%
|
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500 514 S LARAMIE AVE
500 514 S LARAMIE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 342 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
124 W POLK ST
124 W POLK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 737 tons
Lowest 42%
|
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Dearborn Station
47 W Polk St
| Other | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 988 tons
Highest 45%
|
|
Plaisance Apartments
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6104 6110 S WOODLAWN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft | 389 tons |
|
444 N WABASH AVE
444 N WABASH AVE
| Office | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 392 tons
Lowest 16%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data