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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Dana Hotel & Spa
660 N State St
| Hotel | 11.5 kg/sqft 
Highest 9%
| 1,365 tons
Highest 35%
|
|
200 N COLUMBUS DR
200 N COLUMBUS DR
| Hotel | 11.5 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 8,062 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
Jetro Restaurant Depot
1030 W DIVISION ST
| Wholesale Club/Supercenter | 11.5 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 1,745 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
1432 S CLINTON ST
1432 S CLINTON ST
| Data Center | 11.4 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 2,050 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
1201 E 60TH ST
1201 E 60TH ST
| Convention Center | 11.4 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 1,113 tons
Highest 41%
|
|
Hamilton Park
🕰️
513 W 72nd St
| Other - Recreation | 11.4 kg/sqft | 626 tons  |
|
Hard Rock Hotel
230 N Michigan Ave
| Hotel | 11.4 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 3,417 tons
Highest 11%
|
|
Harold Washington Library
(Chicago)
400 S State St
| Library | 11.4 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 8,610 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
Broadview Hall
5540 S HYDE PARK BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 11.4 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 553 tons
Lowest 30%
|
|
60 E 36TH PL
🕰️
60 E 36TH PL
| Multifamily Housing | 11.4 kg/sqft | 1,065 tons |
|
Southpoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
1010 W 95TH ST
| Senior Living Community | 11.4 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 917 tons
Highest 48%
|
|
Harper Court
5235 S Harper Ct
| Office | 11.4 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 2,647 tons
Highest 17%
|
|
Latin School of Chicago Middle School
🕰️
45 W. North BLVD
| K-12 School | 11.3 kg/sqft | 924 tons |
|
The Bridgeport Condominiums
3434 3464 S HALSTED ST
| Multifamily Housing | 11.3 kg/sqft
Highest 10%
| 1,110 tons
Highest 41%
|
|
Millennium Park Plaza
151 - 155 N Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 11.3 kg/sqft
Highest 10%
| 6,926 tons
Highest 4%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data