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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bricktown Square
🕰️
6420 W FULLERTON AVE
| Strip Mall | 16.8 kg/sqft  | 2,308 tons |
|
Presence St Joseph Hospital - Chicago
🚩
2900 N Lake Shore Dr
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 16.7 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 11,357 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
Chicago Board Options Exchange
🕰️
400 S LaSalle St
| Financial Office | 16.7 kg/sqft | 5,836 tons |
|
Park Place on the Blvd
🕰️
1118-1128 E. Hyde Park
| Multifamily Housing | 16.6 kg/sqft | 1,064 tons |
|
Northwestern University Chicago Campus
(Northwestern)
710 N Lakeshore Dr
| College/University | 16.6 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 3,907 tons
Highest 9%
|
|
Alden Estate of Northmoor
5831 N Northwest Hwy
| Senior Living Community | 16.5 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,385 tons
Highest 34%
|
|
Chicago Campbell
🕰️
3300 N Campbell Ave
| College/University | 16.5 kg/sqft | 2,299 tons |
|
555 E 33RD PL
555 E 33RD PL
| Multifamily Housing | 16.5 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,774 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
Jewel Osco, 03442-Foster & Pulaski
4042 W Foster Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 16.5 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,074 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital
520 N Ridgeway Ave
| Other - Specialty Hospital | 16.5 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 880 tons 
Lowest 50%
|
|
East View Park Condominium
5423 5453 S EASTVIEW PARK
| Multifamily Housing | 16.4 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 979 tons
Highest 46%
|
|
87th Street Center - All Stores
🕰️
35 W. 87TH STREET
| Retail Store | 16.3 kg/sqft | 2,843 tons |
|
IRI Global Headquarters
🕰️
150 N. Clinton Street
| Office | 16.3 kg/sqft | 2,585 tons |
|
Jenel Management Corp
🕰️
25 E Oak St
| Other - Mall | 16.3 kg/sqft | 832 tons |
|
645 N Michigan Ave
645 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 16.2 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 3,489 tons
Highest 11%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data