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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
311 City Services
2111 W Lexington St
| Office | 15.4 kg/sqft 
Highest 5%
| 909 tons
Highest 49%
|
|
Astoria Place Living and Rehab
🕰️
6300 N CALIFORNIA AVE
| Senior Living Community | 15.4 kg/sqft | 796 tons  |
|
2340 N California Ave
🕰️
2340 N California Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 15.3 kg/sqft | 1,468 tons |
|
3630 N Clark St
3630 N Clark St
| Hotel | 15.3 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 2,833 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
South Shore Cultural Center
🕰️
7059 South South Shore Drive
| Other - Recreation | 15.3 kg/sqft | 2,076 tons |
|
3445 S RHODES AVE
3445 S RHODES AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 15.3 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 1,650 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
1100 E 55TH ST
| College/University | 15.3 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 1,836 tons
Highest 25%
|
|
61480 - Galewood 14
5530 W Homer St
| Movie Theater | 15.3 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 889 tons
Lowest 50%
|
|
Midtown Athletic Club
2020 W Fullerton Ave
| Fitness Center/Health Club/Gym | 15.3 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 3,190 tons
Highest 12%
|
|
California Park / McFetridge
🕰️
3843 N California Ave
| Other - Recreation | 15.1 kg/sqft | 1,630 tons |
|
Sun Plaza
4851 - 4887 N Broadway Ave
| Strip Mall | 15.1 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 924 tons
Highest 48%
|
|
California Gardens Rehabilitation Center
2829 S CALIFORNIA BLVD
| Senior Living Community | 15.1 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 1,096 tons
Highest 42%
|
|
310 E Superior Street
(Northwestern)
310 E Superior Street
| College/University | 15.0 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 918 tons
Highest 48%
|
|
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
🚩
355 E ERIE ST
| Outpatient Rehabilitation/Physical Therapy | 15.0 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 13,211 tons #38 Highest
|
|
Kennedy-King College
🕰️
6301 S Halsted Ave
| College/University | 15.0 kg/sqft | 7,464 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data