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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cook County Department of Corrections Campus
🚨
2700 S California Ave
| Prison/Incarceration | 9.3 kg/sqft 
Highest 17%
| 42,560 tons #4 Highest
|
|
532 542 W BRIAR PL
532 542 W BRIAR PL
| Multifamily Housing | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 783 tons 
Lowest 45%
|
|
4750 N CLARENDON AVE
4750 N CLARENDON AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 475 tons
Lowest 24%
|
|
SpringHill Suites - Residence Inn
400 410 N Dearborn St
| Hotel | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 3,282 tons
Highest 12%
|
|
55 E Jackson Blvd
55 E Jackson Blvd
| Office | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 4,039 tons
Highest 9%
|
|
Swift Specialty -CPS
(CPS)
5900 N Winthrop Ave
| K-12 School | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 1,005 tons
Highest 45%
|
|
Corkery Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
2510 S Kildare Ave
| K-12 School | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 656 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
Scientific Games-2727 Roscoe
🕰️
2727 Roscoe St
| Office | 9.2 kg/sqft | 586 tons |
|
Simeon Career Academy HS -CPS
(CPS)
8235 S Vincennes Ave
| K-12 School | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 2,622 tons
Highest 17%
|
|
Target, Bedford Park (0841)
🕰️
7100 S Cicero Ave
| Retail Store | 9.2 kg/sqft | 1,158 tons |
|
LEARN Charter School Herro Family Campus
🕰️
3021 W Carroll Ave
| K-12 School | 9.2 kg/sqft | 965 tons |
|
St. Peter's Church
🕰️
110 W Madison St
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 9.2 kg/sqft | 631 tons |
|
The Blackstone, A Renaissance Hotel
636 S Michigan Ave
| Hotel | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 2,899 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
Michigan Beach/Sandalwood
7251 S SOUTH SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 1,624 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
33738-Chicago Marriott Downtown
540 N Michigan Ave
| Hotel | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 8,723 tons
Highest 3%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data