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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Malibu East Condominium
6033 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft 
Lowest 33%
| 5,422 tons 
Highest 6%
|
|
Two East Oak Condominium Association
2 E Oak St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 1,386 tons
Highest 34%
|
|
Metropolitan Tower Condo Association
310 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 3,197 tons
Highest 12%
|
|
160 E Illinois St
160 E Illinois St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 1,426 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
Lake Park Plaza Condominium Association
3930 N Pine Grove Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 2,888 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
The Carlyle Condominium Association
1040 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 2,744 tons
Highest 16%
|
|
Landmark Lofts Condominium Association
1516 1518 S WABASH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 620 tons
Lowest 35%
|
|
The Scott Condominium Association
70 E SCOTT ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 443 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
1430 S INDIANA AVE
1430 S INDIANA AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 1,851 tons
Highest 25%
|
|
4120 S INDIANA AVE
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4120 S INDIANA AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft | 666 tons |
|
1133 N. Dearborn Apartments
1133 N Dearborn St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 2,130 tons
Highest 21%
|
|
Parkways, The (IL)
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6718 S. East End
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft | 2,563 tons |
|
Metropolitan Condominiums
5320 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 2,046 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
4100 Marine Dr
4100 N Marine Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 1,381 tons
Highest 34%
|
|
Lakeside Square Apartments
920 W Lakeside Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 1,540 tons
Highest 30%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data