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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
200 West Adams St.
200 W Adams St
| Office | 4.1 kg/sqft 
Lowest 11%
| 3,230 tons 
Highest 12%
|
|
TLC Touhy LLC
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1329 1337 W TOUHY AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft | 235 tons |
|
949 W. Dakin Street
949 W. Dakin Street
| Multifamily Housing | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 484 tons
Lowest 25%
|
|
5252 S CORNELL AVE
5252 S CORNELL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 1,335 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
Old Town Village East
1205-1255 N Orleans Court
| Multifamily Housing | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 255 tons
Lowest 5%
|
|
Breckinridge House (University of Chicago)
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1442 E. 59th Street
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 201 tons
Lowest 2%
|
|
Oakwood Shores 2B & 2D
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(CHA)
3859 S. Vincennes Avenue
| Multifamily Housing | 4.0 kg/sqft | 879 tons |
|
Woodlawn Station
6253 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 416 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
1636 W Adams St
1636 W Adams St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 224 tons
Lowest 3%
|
|
1728 N Damen Ave
1728 N Damen Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 605 tons
Lowest 34%
|
|
PAC Lofts
1735 N Paulina
| Multifamily Housing | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 827 tons
Lowest 48%
|
|
6850 S Crandon Ave
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6850 S Crandon Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.0 kg/sqft | 878 tons |
|
114 S Racine Ave
114 S Racine Ave
| Office | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 378 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
Mayfair
189 E Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 1,075 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
Lowell Elementary -CPS
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(CPS)
3320 W Hirsch St
| K-12 School | 4.0 kg/sqft | 493 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data