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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Continental Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
5336 N Western Ave
| Senior Living Community | 16.2 kg/sqft 
Highest 4%
| 827 tons 
Lowest 48%
|
|
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
🚩
(Northwestern)
345 E Superior St
| College/University | 16.1 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 5,977 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
🕰️
11 E Walton St
| Hotel | 16.0 kg/sqft | 4,957 tons |
|
Alden Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
820 W LAWRENCE AVE
| Senior Living Community | 16.0 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,428 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
3420 S COTTAGE GROVE AVE
3420 S COTTAGE GROVE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 16.0 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,718 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
#1107 Chicago South Loop
1430 S Ashland Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 16.0 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 2,507 tons
Highest 17%
|
|
444 W Jackson Blvd
444 W Jackson Blvd
| Fitness Center/Health Club/Gym | 15.9 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,135 tons
Highest 41%
|
|
The Peninsula Chicago
108 E Superior St
| Hotel | 15.9 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 6,536 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
Warren Barr Gold Coast
🕰️
66 W Oak St
| Senior Living Community | 15.9 kg/sqft | 2,141 tons |
|
3400 N Lake Shore Dr
3400 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 15.6 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 914 tons
Highest 49%
|
|
Police Training Academy
(Chicago)
1300 W Jackson Blvd
| Adult Education | 15.6 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 2,808 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
Illinois Institute of Technology
🕰️
(Illinois Tech)
3300 South Federal Street
| College/University | 15.6 kg/sqft | 45,930 tons |
|
3440 S COTTAGE GROVE AVE
3440 S COTTAGE GROVE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 15.5 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 1,671 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
Webster Place Shopping Center
1435 - 1471 W Webster Ave
| Movie Theater | 15.5 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 767 tons
Lowest 44%
|
|
Tremont Chicago Hotel, Magnificent Mile
🕰️
100 East Chestnut
| Hotel | 15.4 kg/sqft | 1,471 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data