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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fernwood Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
10041 S Union Ave
| K-12 School | 3.4 kg/sqft 
Lowest 5%
| 228 tons
Lowest 3%
|
|
RiverView Condominium Association
445 E North Water St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 2,865 tons 
Highest 15%
|
|
200 North Kenneth Apartments
🕰️
4432 4444 W WEST END AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft | 222 tons |
|
Beacon Lofts
203 S SANGAMON ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 265 tons
Lowest 6%
|
|
1734 1740 N MARSHFIELD AVE
1734 1740 N MARSHFIELD AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 242 tons
Lowest 4%
|
|
850 West Adams Lofts Condominium Association
850 W Adams St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 436 tons
Lowest 20%
|
|
122-134 S Aberdeen St
122-134 S Aberdeen St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 409 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
Fountainview Apartments
🕰️
(CHA)
1333 1339 S INDEPENDENCE BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft | 293 tons |
|
HighSchool_LeoHS
🕰️
7901 S Sangamon St
| K-12 School | 3.4 kg/sqft | 377 tons |
|
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
🕰️
4740 N Western Ave
| Mixed Use Property | 3.4 kg/sqft | 208 tons |
|
River Bank Lofts Condominium Association
550 N Kingsbury St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 881 tons
Lowest 50%
|
|
Dearborn Tower Condominium Association
1530 S State St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 2,512 tons
Highest 17%
|
|
The 1355 West Washington Boulevard Condominium Association
🕰️
1355 W. Washington Blvd.
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft | 253 tons |
|
2472 W FOSTER
🕰️
2472 W FOSTER
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft | 275 tons |
|
900 920 W MADISON
900 920 W MADISON
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 480 tons
Lowest 24%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data