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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chicago Medical Society
515 N Dearborn St
| Office | 5.3 kg/sqft 
Lowest 29%
| 276 tons
Lowest 6%
|
|
4101 4123 N SHERIDAN RD
4101 4123 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 29%
| 369 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
Parc Orleans
1546 N ORLEANS ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 29%
| 617 tons
Lowest 35%
|
|
1111 N FRANCISCO AVE
1111 N FRANCISCO AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 29%
| 350 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
6901 6915 S OGLESBY AVE
6901 6915 S OGLESBY AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 29%
| 574 tons
Lowest 32%
|
|
1300 1306 N ASTOR ST
1300 1306 N ASTOR ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 29%
| 535 tons
Lowest 29%
|
|
Surfside Condominium
🕰️
5815 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft | 1,007 tons  |
|
725 W Sheridan Condominium Association, Inc.
🕰️
721 729 W SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft | 275 tons |
|
433 W BRIAR PL
433 W BRIAR PL
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 29%
| 359 tons
Lowest 13%
|
|
Winthrop Terrace Apartments
🕰️
5734 N Winthrop Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft | 275 tons |
|
190 N State St
190 N State St
| Office | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 29%
| 1,213 tons
Highest 39%
|
|
Sullivan Center
1 S State St
| Office | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 29%
| 4,601 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
222 N LaSalle St
222 N LaSalle St
| Office | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 29%
| 6,450 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
Lake View HS -CPS
(CPS)
4015 N Ashland Ave
| K-12 School | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 29%
| 1,423 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
Manley Career Academy HS -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
2935 W Polk St
| K-12 School | 5.3 kg/sqft | 1,137 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data