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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
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436 446 W DIVERSEY PKWY
436 446 W DIVERSEY PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft 
Lowest 39%
| 393 tons
Lowest 16%
|
|
559 W. Surf
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559 W. Surf
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft | 582 tons |
|
400 N CLINTON ST
400 N CLINTON ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 39%
| 455 tons
Lowest 22%
|
|
125 W OHIO ST
125 W OHIO ST
| Hotel | 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 39%
| 495 tons
Lowest 26%
|
|
Luxe on Madison
1214 1222 W MADISON ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 39%
| 796 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
Mount Carmel High School
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6410 - 6428 S Dante Ave
| K-12 School | 5.8 kg/sqft | 877 tons |
|
Ford City Condominium Association
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4300 W FORD CITY DR
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft | 2,192 tons  |
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New Life Community Church Midway
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5101 S Keeler Ave
| Worship Facility | 5.8 kg/sqft | 488 tons |
|
Jackson Park Terrace
6040 S HARPER AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 39%
| 1,985 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
247 E Chestnut St
247 E Chestnut St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 39%
| 749 tons
Lowest 43%
|
|
750 N. Rush
750 N Rush St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 39%
| 1,881 tons
Highest 25%
|
|
Sheridan Plaza Apartments
4601 4613 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 39%
| 890 tons
Lowest 50%
|
|
(ILCH2138) - The Lex [external]
2138 S Indiana Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 39%
| 2,235 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
Wilton U.S. 65 East LLC
65 E Wacker Pl
| Office | 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 39%
| 1,445 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
Hilliard Homes Limited Partnership (Senior)
(CHA)
2111 S Clark Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 39%
| 1,514 tons
Highest 31%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data