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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lake Park Manor
🕰️
3601 3645 S LAKEPARK AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft  | 928 tons |
|
AMLI 900
900 S Clark St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 2,995 tons
Highest 14%
|
|
Bethany Retirement Community
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4950 N ASHLAND AVE
| Senior Care Community | 6.5 kg/sqft | 785 tons  |
|
Realtor Building
430 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 2,119 tons
Highest 21%
|
|
Las Americas Apartments
(CHA)
1611 S Racine Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 807 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
Burton-Judson Courts
(UChicago)
1005 E 60th St
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 1,318 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
Kennedy Plaza BK, L.L.C.
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3300 W Belmont Ave
| Strip Mall | 6.5 kg/sqft | 502 tons |
|
Parc Chestnut Condominium Association
849 N Franklin St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 2,486 tons
Highest 18%
|
|
11045 S WENTWORTH
11045 S WENTWORTH
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 444 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
1504 W VAN BUREN ST
1504 W VAN BUREN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 511 tons
Lowest 27%
|
|
460 E 41ST ST
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460 E 41ST ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft | 625 tons |
|
6900 S SOUTH SHORE DR
6900 S SOUTH SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 340 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
7020 7038 S JEFFERY BLVD
7020 7038 S JEFFERY BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 807 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
Baric Properties
🕰️
1533 W Jarvis Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft | 446 tons |
|
3510 N PINE GROVE AVE
3510 N PINE GROVE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 467 tons
Lowest 23%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data