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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Burley & 92nd Centre
9230 S Burley Ave
| Senior Living Community | 5.6 kg/sqft 
Lowest 35%
| 810 tons
Lowest 47%
|
|
325 N Wells St
325 N Wells St
| College/University | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 863 tons
Lowest 49%
|
|
5000 East End Condominium Association
5000 S East End Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 1,319 tons 
Highest 36%
|
|
1720 South Michigan Condominium Association
1720 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 2,960 tons
Highest 14%
|
|
The 400 Condominium Association
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400 E Randolph St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 6,188 tons
Highest 5%
|
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3150 CA
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3150 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft | 2,770 tons |
|
Residence at RiverBend Condominium Association
333 N Canal St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 3,305 tons
Highest 12%
|
|
Marina Towers Condominium Association
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300 N State St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 4,310 tons
Highest 8%
|
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7321 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE CO-OPERATIVE
7321 S South Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 967 tons
Highest 46%
|
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1301 N DEARBORN ST
1301 N DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 1,276 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Wentworth Condo Association
2734 S WENTWORTH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 356 tons
Lowest 13%
|
|
BVM Hall/IES-ID#175895
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(Loyola)
6364 N SHERIDAN RD
| Office | 5.6 kg/sqft | 617 tons |
|
540 N LAKE SHORE DR
540 N LAKE SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 1,265 tons
Highest 37%
|
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4157 N CLARENDON AVE
4157 N CLARENDON AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 348 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
2738 N PINE GROVE AVE
2738 N PINE GROVE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 582 tons
Lowest 32%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data