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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
900 North Michigan
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900 North Michigan
| Mixed Use Property | 9.8 kg/sqft 
Highest 14%
| 20,835 tons #11 Highest
|
|
Senn Achievement Academy -CPS
(CPS)
5900 N Glenwood Ave
| K-12 School | 9.8 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 2,853 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
1061 E 41ST PL
(CHA)
1061 E 41ST PL
| Multifamily Housing | 9.8 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 1,063 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
30 N Michigan Ave
30 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 9.8 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 2,167 tons
Highest 21%
|
|
Atlas 2 E 8th St
2 E 8th St
| Multifamily Housing | 9.8 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 2,587 tons
Highest 17%
|
|
100 South State Street
100 South State Street
| Office | 9.7 kg/sqft
Highest 15%
| 674 tons 
Lowest 39%
|
|
Cottage View Terrace Apartments
4829 S Cottage Grove
| Multifamily Housing | 9.7 kg/sqft
Highest 15%
| 723 tons
Lowest 42%
|
|
Ronald McDonald House near Lurie Children's
211 E Grand Ave
| Hotel | 9.7 kg/sqft
Highest 15%
| 1,029 tons
Highest 44%
|
|
Woodlawn Social Services Center
950 E 61st St
| Office | 9.7 kg/sqft
Highest 15%
| 642 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
6140 S DREXEL AVE
6140 S DREXEL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 9.7 kg/sqft
Highest 15%
| 784 tons
Lowest 45%
|
|
MDA City Apartments
🕰️
63 E Lake St
| Multifamily Housing | 9.7 kg/sqft | 1,704 tons |
|
Delaware Place Private Residences
875 N DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 9.7 kg/sqft
Highest 15%
| 1,444 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
Northgate Landing
🕰️
7625-39 North East Lake Terrace
| Multifamily Housing | 9.7 kg/sqft | 485 tons |
|
1411 E 53Rd St
1411 E 53Rd St
| Hotel | 9.6 kg/sqft
Highest 15%
| 711 tons
Lowest 41%
|
|
Morningside Court
1250 W Morse Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 9.6 kg/sqft
Highest 15%
| 1,238 tons
Highest 38%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data