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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lincoln Park Commons Condominium Association
🕰️
2650-2700 N. Clark St.
| Mixed Use Property | 14.0 kg/sqft  | 1,445 tons |
|
W CHICAGO - CITY CENTER
172 W Adams St
| Hotel | 14.0 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 3,397 tons
Highest 11%
|
|
5757 N Sheridan CA
5757 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 13.9 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 2,742 tons
Highest 16%
|
|
Trumbull Park Homes
🚩
(CHA)
2437 E 106th St
| Multifamily Housing | 13.9 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 5,542 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
Friedman Properties, Ltd
420 N Wabash Ave
| Office | 13.9 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 1,424 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
Horwitz & Co.
🕰️
651 West Washington Blvd
| Office | 13.9 kg/sqft | 2,647 tons |
|
Joffco Square
555 W Roosevelt Rd
| Other - Mall | 13.9 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 1,118 tons
Highest 41%
|
|
2350 N Lincoln Ave
2350 N Lincoln Ave
| Office | 13.8 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 794 tons 
Lowest 46%
|
|
South Loop -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
1212 S Plymouth Ct
| K-12 School | 13.8 kg/sqft | 803 tons |
|
Symphony of Morgan Park
10935 S HALSTED ST
| Senior Living Community | 13.8 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 831 tons
Lowest 48%
|
|
Inn of Chicago
🕰️
162 E Ohio
| Hotel | 13.8 kg/sqft | 2,419 tons |
|
730 N Michigan Ave
730 N Michigan Ave
| Other - Mall | 13.7 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 3,113 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
375 E Chicago Ave
🚩
(Northwestern)
375 E Chicago Ave
| College/University | 13.6 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 5,297 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
Schatz Building
🕰️
610 N FAIRBANKS CT
| Retail Store | 13.6 kg/sqft | 981 tons |
|
Advocate Healthcare Center (Beverly Center)
9831 S Western Ave
| Medical Office | 13.6 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 809 tons
Lowest 46%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data