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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
G & A Senior Residence at Kedzie
4054 N KEDZIE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft 
Lowest 45%
| 304 tons
Lowest 9%
|
|
1000 South Clark
1000 S CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 2,736 tons 
Highest 16%
|
|
The Apex Condominium Association
859 W Erie St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 403 tons
Lowest 17%
|
|
4655 W Berteau Ave
4655 W Berteau Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 483 tons
Lowest 25%
|
|
Association House of Chicago
1116 N Kedzie Ave
| Office | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 939 tons
Highest 47%
|
|
Newberry Park Apartments
1353 & 1357 S Blue Island Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 622 tons
Lowest 35%
|
|
Lake Village East Apartments
4700 S Lake Park Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 1,106 tons
Highest 42%
|
|
Scammon, Jonathan Y -CPS
(CPS)
4201 W Henderson St
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 523 tons
Lowest 28%
|
|
Edgebrook Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
6525 N Hiawatha Ave
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 402 tons
Lowest 17%
|
|
South Shore International College Prep -CPS
(CPS)
1955 E 75th St
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 1,294 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Saint Hedwig Parish
🕰️
2226 N Hoyne Ave
| Other | 6.1 kg/sqft | 617 tons |
|
Foreman HS, Edwin G -CPS
(CPS)
3235 N Leclaire Ave
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 1,421 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
Jenner, Edward Elementary Academy Of The Arts -CPS
(CPS)
1119 N Cleveland Ave
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 554 tons
Lowest 31%
|
|
Sawyer Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
5248 S Sawyer Ave
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 989 tons
Highest 45%
|
|
Metcalfe Math And Science -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
12339 S Normal Ave
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft | 496 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data