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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
AMLI Lofts
850 S CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft 
Lowest 15%
| 890 tons 
Lowest 50%
|
|
G & A Senior Residence at Eastgate Village
300 E 26TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 460 tons
Lowest 22%
|
|
No. 10 Urban Court Lofts
1040 W Adams St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 1,706 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
Kenmore Plaza Tenant Association
(CHA)
5225 N Kenmore Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 1,188 tons
Highest 39%
|
|
3000 N SHERIDAN RD
3000 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 990 tons
Highest 45%
|
|
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
8765 W Higgins Rd
| Office | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 1,118 tons
Highest 41%
|
|
SIR Chicago
400 S Jefferson St
| Office | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 1,205 tons
Highest 39%
|
|
1414 N WELLS ST
1414 N WELLS ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 354 tons
Lowest 13%
|
|
1872 N CLYBOURN AVE
1872 N CLYBOURN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 523 tons
Lowest 28%
|
|
505 W BELMONT AVE
505 W BELMONT AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 228 tons
Lowest 3%
|
|
1025 1035 W LOYOLA AVE
1025 1035 W LOYOLA AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 399 tons
Lowest 17%
|
|
fmc management
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1016 w balmoral
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft | 240 tons |
|
3161 N CAMBRIDGE AVE
3161 N CAMBRIDGE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 224 tons
Lowest 3%
|
|
550 W Jackson
550 W Jackson Blvd
| Office | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 15%
| 1,943 tons
Highest 24%
|
|
1025 W Hollywood
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1025 W Hollywood
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft | 275 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data