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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fulton West
1330 W. Fulton
| Office | 6.7 kg/sqft 
Highest 45%
| 2,051 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
5430 N. Sheridan
5430 N. Sheridan Rd.
| Multifamily Housing | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 401 tons 
Lowest 17%
|
|
Clybourn1200
454 W DIVISION ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 877 tons
Lowest 49%
|
|
Eight O Five
805 N LA SALLE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 1,806 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
901 South Plymouth Condominium Association
901 S Plymouth Ct
| Multifamily Housing | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 1,076 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
Roscoe Village
🕰️
1800 West Roscoe
| Multifamily Housing | 6.7 kg/sqft | 1,439 tons |
|
5114 N Christiana Ave
5114 N Christiana Ave
| College/University | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 491 tons
Lowest 26%
|
|
Paul G. Stewart Apartments Phase III
🕰️
401 E Bowen Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.7 kg/sqft | 1,102 tons |
|
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25 E Delaware Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 715 tons
Lowest 41%
|
|
Pritzker College Prep
🕰️
4131 W Cortland St
| K-12 School | 6.7 kg/sqft | 440 tons |
|
Plaza On Dewitt Condominium Association
260 E Chestnut St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 2,860 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
Michaels Terrace Condo
1309 N Wells St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 769 tons
Lowest 44%
|
|
Rogers Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
7345 N Washtenaw Ave
| K-12 School | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 600 tons
Lowest 33%
|
|
Amundsen HS -CPS
(CPS)
5110 N Damen Ave
| K-12 School | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 1,472 tons
Highest 32%
|
|
Urban Prep West
1326 W 14th Place
| K-12 School | 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 45%
| 740 tons
Lowest 43%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data