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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
508 W Diversey Pkwy
508 W Diversey Pkwy
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft 
Lowest 9%
| 381 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
Terra Cotta Commons Condominium
1760 W Wrightwood Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 197 tons
Lowest 2%
|
|
Hyde Park Courtway
4816 4828 S Dorchester Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 268 tons
Lowest 6%
|
|
Fulton Place Condominium Association
657 W Fulton St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 447 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
Whitmore Apartments
421 S Central Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 269 tons
Lowest 6%
|
|
New Sullivan Elem, William K -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
8315 S Mackinaw Ave
| K-12 School | 3.9 kg/sqft | 853 tons |
|
Tilden HS -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
4747 S Union Ave
| K-12 School | 3.9 kg/sqft | 1,272 tons  |
|
Gold Coast Condominium Association
71 E DIVISION ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 788 tons
Lowest 45%
|
|
The Darien Apartments
3100 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 1,372 tons
Highest 35%
|
|
Walton on the Park South
2 W Delaware Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 2,758 tons
Highest 16%
|
|
Westhaven Park Tower
(CHA)
100 N HERMITAGE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 679 tons
Lowest 39%
|
|
17 N LOOMIS ST
17 N LOOMIS ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 349 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
7707 W IRVING PARK RD
7707 W IRVING PARK RD
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 216 tons
Lowest 3%
|
|
The Superior at LaSalle Condominium Association
150 W SUPERIOR ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 696 tons
Lowest 40%
|
|
Park Harbor Condominium Association
🕰️
3620 N. Pine Grove Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft | 360 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data