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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Brainerd Senior Center (8915 S. Loomis St.)
🕰️
8915 S LOOMIS ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.5 kg/sqft  | 324 tons |
|
450 W BRIAR PL
450 W BRIAR PL
| Multifamily Housing | 4.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 17%
| 721 tons
Lowest 42%
|
|
311 W Monroe
311 W Monroe
| Office | 4.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 17%
| 1,918 tons 
Highest 24%
|
|
2015 S MORGAN ST
2015 S MORGAN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 17%
| 243 tons
Lowest 4%
|
|
Morgan Park HS -CPS
(CPS)
1744 W Pryor Ave
| K-12 School | 4.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 17%
| 1,203 tons
Highest 39%
|
|
William J Bogan High School
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(CPS)
3939 W 79th St
| K-12 School | 4.5 kg/sqft | 840 tons |
|
10426 S MICHIGAN AVE
10426 S MICHIGAN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 17%
| 210 tons
Lowest 2%
|
|
Chantico Lofts
1061 W 16th Street
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 238 tons
Lowest 4%
|
|
930 W Altgeld St
930 W Altgeld St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 1,411 tons
Highest 34%
|
|
Wells Place
839 S WELLS ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 467 tons
Lowest 23%
|
|
Sherwin Sheridan LLC
7347 7365 Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 437 tons
Lowest 20%
|
|
18th Street Lofts
1801 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 299 tons
Lowest 8%
|
|
Tudor Manor
7018 S Cregier Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 416 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
222 E Chestnut Condominium Association
222 E Chestnut
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 538 tons
Lowest 29%
|
|
CICS Longwood (Academy of Our Lady)
1309 W 95th St
| K-12 School | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 726 tons
Lowest 42%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data