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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
4651 N GREENVIEW AVE
4651 N GREENVIEW AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft 
Lowest 33%
| 382 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
The Contemporaine
201 W Grand Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 533 tons
Lowest 29%
|
|
Ruth Shriman House
4040 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 372 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
447 455 W MELROSE ST
447 455 W MELROSE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 289 tons
Lowest 8%
|
|
1640 E 50TH ST
1640 E 50TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 814 tons
Lowest 47%
|
|
Ridgemore Condominium Complex
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6433 West Belle Plaine Avenue
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft | 333 tons |
|
One North LaSalle
1 N LaSalle St
| Office | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 3,032 tons 
Highest 14%
|
|
2800 Lake Shore Drive Condo Association
2800 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 4,199 tons
Highest 9%
|
|
Indiana Terrace Apartments
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6000 S. Indiana Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft | 365 tons |
|
20 N Wacker Dr
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20 N Wacker Dr
| Office | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 9,583 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
8750 West Bryn Mawr Ave - Triangle Plaza
8750 W Bryn Mawr Ave
| Office | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 4,205 tons
Highest 9%
|
|
Sankofa House
4041 W ROOSEVELT RD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 375 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
5500 5518 S WABASH AVE
5500 5518 S WABASH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 401 tons
Lowest 17%
|
|
3710 N PINE GROVE AVE
3710 N PINE GROVE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 31%
| 326 tons
Lowest 10%
|
|
51 E 14TH ST
51 E 14TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 31%
| 1,004 tons
Highest 45%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data