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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
766 778 W JACKSON BLVD
766 778 W JACKSON BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft 
Highest 47%
| 370 tons 
Lowest 14%
|
|
218 South Wabash Building
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218 S Wabash Av
| Office | 6.6 kg/sqft | 733 tons |
|
1400 S INDIANA AVE
1400 S INDIANA AVE
| Senior Living Community | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 476 tons
Lowest 24%
|
|
Astor Banks Condominium Association
1321 1327 N ASTOR ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 364 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
2912 2914 N COMMONWEALTH AVE
2912 2914 N COMMONWEALTH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 393 tons
Lowest 16%
|
|
607 W WRIGHTWOOD AVE
607 W WRIGHTWOOD AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 478 tons
Lowest 24%
|
|
1415 North Dearborn Condominium Association
1415 N DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 846 tons
Lowest 48%
|
|
1339 N DEARBORN ST
1339 N DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 680 tons
Lowest 39%
|
|
3300 3308 N LAKE SHORE DR
3300 3308 N LAKE SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 916 tons
Highest 48%
|
|
211 217 E CHESTNUT ST
211 217 E CHESTNUT ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 618 tons
Lowest 35%
|
|
441 W OAKDALE AVE
441 W OAKDALE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 409 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
513 519 W BRIAR PL
513 519 W BRIAR PL
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 335 tons
Lowest 11%
|
|
200 N CENTRAL AVE
200 N CENTRAL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 334 tons
Lowest 11%
|
|
Drexel Towers 4825
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4825 S DREXEL BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft | 590 tons |
|
Clark-Adams
105 W Adams St
| Office | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 3,249 tons
Highest 12%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data