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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Domain Condominium
🕰️
(CHA)
900 N Kingsbury
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft  | 2,952 tons  |
|
1500 Lakeshore Drive Building Corp.
1500 N Lakeshore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 1,784 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
Target, Chicago Morgan Park (2344)
11840 S Marshfield Ave
| Office | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 803 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
5009 N SHERIDAN RD
5009 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 988 tons
Highest 46%
|
|
Madison Park Apartments
🕰️
1380 E HYDE PARK BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft | 995 tons |
|
5709 S ELLIS AVE
5709 S ELLIS AVE
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 458 tons
Lowest 22%
|
|
2430 N LAKEVIEW AVE
2430 N LAKEVIEW AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 749 tons
Lowest 43%
|
|
Catalyst Circle Rock Charter School
5600 5608 W WASHINGTON BLVD
| K-12 School | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 692 tons
Lowest 39%
|
|
Langford Elementary -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
6010 S Throop St
| K-12 School | 6.2 kg/sqft | 491 tons |
|
Hubbard Place Apartments
360 W Hubbard St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 3,089 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
111 W WACKER DR
111 W WACKER DR
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 4,986 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
Lawless Gardens
🕰️
3510 S RHODES AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft | 4,614 tons |
|
2045 W Jackson Blvd
2045 W Jackson Blvd
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 1,307 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
Chestnut Tower
121 W Chestnut St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 1,455 tons
Highest 32%
|
|
850 858 N LAKESHORE DR
850 858 N LAKESHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 46%
| 1,563 tons
Highest 30%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data