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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
5100 S HYDE PARK BLVD
5100 S HYDE PARK BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft 
Lowest 14%
| 481 tons
Lowest 25%
|
|
7200 S SOUTH SHORE DR
7200 S SOUTH SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 338 tons
Lowest 11%
|
|
80 W HARRISON ST
80 W HARRISON ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 611 tons
Lowest 34%
|
|
6456 6460 W BELLE PLAINE AVE
6456 6460 W BELLE PLAINE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 217 tons
Lowest 3%
|
|
The Renaissance Collaborative
3757 S Wabash Ave
| Other - Lodging/Residential | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 324 tons
Lowest 10%
|
|
Salvation Army
2258 N Clybourn Ave
| Other - Lodging/Residential | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 235 tons
Lowest 4%
|
|
Pullman Wheelworks Apartments
901 E 104th St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 1,259 tons 
Highest 38%
|
|
Park Edgewater Condominium Association
6101 N Sheridan Road
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 651 tons
Lowest 37%
|
|
1401 S State St
1401 S State St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 1,249 tons
Highest 38%
|
|
1439 S MICHIGAN AVE
1439 S MICHIGAN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 448 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
747 N LASALLE DR
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747 N LASALLE DR
| Office | 4.3 kg/sqft | 194 tons |
|
Halsted Plaza
801- 831 W 119th St.
| Strip Mall | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 257 tons
Lowest 5%
|
|
4240 4248 N CLARENDON AVE
4240 4248 N CLARENDON AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 282 tons
Lowest 7%
|
|
Fountainbleau CAMBRIDGE Property
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2828 N. Cambridge
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft | 326 tons |
|
Bradley Business Center
2500 W Bradley Pl
| Other | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 1,591 tons
Highest 30%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data