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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Printers Row Condominium Association
711 S DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft 
Lowest 21%
| 1,087 tons 
Highest 42%
|
|
3039 E 91ST ST
3039 E 91ST ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
| 671 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
826 W Montrose Ave
826 W Montrose Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
| 2,476 tons
Highest 18%
|
|
Continental Plaza Apartments
1330 1358 W 76th St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
| 987 tons
Highest 46%
|
|
1611 W DIVISION ST
1611 W DIVISION ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
| 517 tons
Lowest 28%
|
|
Morningside North Apartments
170 W Oak St
| Senior Living Community | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
| 1,156 tons
Highest 40%
|
|
Cornell Rentals, LLC
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5424 S. Cornell
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft | 295 tons |
|
Fairfield Hall-ID#105533
🕰️
(Loyola)
6228 6240 N WINTHROP AVE
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 4.8 kg/sqft | 269 tons |
|
445 W BARRY AVE
445 W BARRY AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
| 395 tons
Lowest 16%
|
|
120 S LaSalle St
120 S LaSalle St
| Office | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
| 3,656 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
230 E ONTARIO ST
230 E ONTARIO ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
| 669 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
Glenwood Apartments
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6701 N Glenwood Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft | 261 tons |
|
Truman College
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1145 W Wilson Ave
| College/University | 4.8 kg/sqft | 4,592 tons |
|
Prairie District Lofts Condominium Association
1727 S Indiana Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 20%
| 819 tons
Lowest 47%
|
|
1345 South Wabash Condominium
1345 S Wabash Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 20%
| 833 tons
Lowest 48%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data