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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1521 S WABASH AVE
1521 S WABASH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 12.0 kg/sqft 
Highest 8%
| 747 tons 
Lowest 43%
|
|
Hilton Chicago MM Suites
198 E Delaware Pl
| Hotel | 12.0 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 3,778 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
The Oliver on LaSalle
1140 N La Salle Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 11.9 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 373 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
360 N STATE ST
360 N STATE ST
| Other | 11.9 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 906 tons
Highest 49%
|
|
Broadway at Surf
🕰️
2828-2868 N. Broadway
| Other - Mall | 11.9 kg/sqft | 1,632 tons |
|
Damen/Hastings
1340 S Damen Ave
| Office | 11.9 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 1,910 tons
Highest 24%
|
|
Shorewind Towers
🕰️
7000 7008 S SOUTH SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 11.9 kg/sqft | 2,444 tons |
|
311 W. Superior
🕰️
311 W Superior St
| Office | 11.8 kg/sqft | 1,081 tons |
|
UNO Soccer Academy
5050 S HOMAN AVE
| K-12 School | 11.8 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 745 tons
Lowest 43%
|
|
Chalmers-CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
2745 W Roosevelt Rd
| K-12 School | 11.8 kg/sqft | 805 tons |
|
Point at Clark
3131 N Clark St
| Strip Mall | 11.8 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 1,069 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
4900 N Bernard
4900 N Bernard
| Senior Living Community | 11.7 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 670 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
Incubator Building
🕰️
(Illinois Tech)
55 W 34th Street
| College/University | 11.7 kg/sqft | 846 tons |
|
2710 N. Clark St
2710 N. Clark St
| Senior Living Community | 11.7 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 585 tons
Lowest 32%
|
|
Ambulatory Care Center, St. Bernard Hospital
6307 S STEWART AVE
| Medical Office | 11.7 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 778 tons
Lowest 44%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data