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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Whitney -CPS
(CPS)
2815 S Komensky Ave
| K-12 School | 6.6 kg/sqft 
Highest 47%
| 723 tons 
Lowest 42%
|
|
Andersen Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
1148 N Honore St
| K-12 School | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 607 tons
Lowest 34%
|
|
Onahan Elementary, William J -CPS
(CPS)
6634 W Raven St
| K-12 School | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 597 tons
Lowest 33%
|
|
Madero Middle -CPS
(CPS)
3202 W 28th St
| K-12 School | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 410 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
Spry Community Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
2400 S Marshall Blvd
| K-12 School | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 702 tons
Lowest 40%
|
|
Canty Elementary, Arthur E -CPS
(CPS)
3740 N Panama Ave
| K-12 School | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 681 tons
Lowest 39%
|
|
Clock Tower Lofts Condominiums
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2300 W Wabansia Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft | 733 tons |
|
737 W Washington Blvd
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737 W Washington Blvd
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft | 5,399 tons |
|
2229 S Halsted St
2229 S Halsted St
| Office | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 559 tons
Lowest 31%
|
|
Judge Frederick W. Slater Apartments
(CHA)
740 E 43rd St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 1,640 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
Elizabeth Wood Apartments
(CHA)
1845 N Larrabee St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 379 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
Regatta Condominium Association
420 E Waterside Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 2,995 tons
Highest 14%
|
|
600 N Fairbanks Condo Association
600 N Fairbanks Ct
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 2,499 tons
Highest 18%
|
|
1660 N LaSalle CA
1660 N LaSalle St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 3,153 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
899 South Plymouth Court Condominium Association
899 S Plymouth Ct
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 1,731 tons
Highest 27%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data