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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Elston Industrial lofts, Llc
1737-1747 N Elston Ave
| Mixed Use Property | 6.1 kg/sqft 
Lowest 45%
| 509 tons
Lowest 27%
|
|
Chicago Indoor Sports
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(Chicago)
3900 S Ashland Ave
| Other - Recreation | 6.1 kg/sqft | 551 tons |
|
2630 N NARRAGANSETT AVE
2630 N NARRAGANSETT AVE
| Wholesale Club/Supercenter | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 848 tons
Lowest 49%
|
|
Sheridan Point Condominium Association
6325 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 951 tons 
Highest 47%
|
|
1430 1440 S MICHIGAN AVE
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1430 1440 S MICHIGAN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft | 658 tons |
|
6927 6939 S CRANDON AVE
6927 6939 S CRANDON AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 684 tons
Lowest 39%
|
|
1555 N DEARBORN PKWY
1555 N DEARBORN PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 768 tons
Lowest 44%
|
|
1 E SCHILLER ST
1 E SCHILLER ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 988 tons
Highest 46%
|
|
14 West Elm Apartments
12 18 W ELM ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 777 tons
Lowest 44%
|
|
444 454 W MELROSE ST
444 454 W MELROSE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 351 tons
Lowest 13%
|
|
33 N Dearborn
33 N Dearborn St
| Office | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 2,287 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
Northern Trust Headquarters
50 S LaSalle St
| Financial Office | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 3,538 tons
Highest 11%
|
|
199 East Lake Shore Drive
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199 E LAKE SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft | 381 tons |
|
1734 N PAULINA ST
1734 N PAULINA ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 579 tons
Lowest 32%
|
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17 N State LLC
17 N State St
| Office | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 2,506 tons
Highest 17%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data