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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kanoon Magnet Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
2233 S Kedzie Ave
| K-12 School | 9.0 kg/sqft 
Highest 19%
| 609 tons 
Lowest 34%
|
|
741 E 79TH ST
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741 E 79TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 9.0 kg/sqft | 541 tons |
|
1515 W Monroe St
1515 W Monroe St
| Multifamily Housing | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 1,153 tons
Highest 40%
|
|
The Chicago Lighthouse
1850 W ROOSEVELT RD
| Office | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 986 tons
Highest 46%
|
|
208 S La Salle Whole Building
208 S LaSalle St
| Hotel | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 8,201 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
The Imperial of Lincoln Park
1366 W Fullerton Ave
| Senior Living Community | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 1,687 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
737 North Michigan Avenue Investors LLC
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737 N Michigan Ave
| Mixed Use Property | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 9,516 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
PCC-Chicago Office
643 N Orleans St
| Office | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 481 tons
Lowest 24%
|
|
Home Depot
200 W 87th St
| Retail Store | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 934 tons
Highest 47%
|
|
156 N. Jefferson
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156 N. Jefferson
| Office | 9.0 kg/sqft | 483 tons |
|
Target, Chicago South Pulaski (1879)
4433 S Pulaski Rd
| Retail Store | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 1,094 tons
Highest 42%
|
|
Churchview Manors and Churview supportive Living
2626 2644 W 63RD ST
| Senior Living Community | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 610 tons
Lowest 34%
|
|
3720 W ARMITAGE AVE
3720 W ARMITAGE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 772 tons
Lowest 44%
|
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6118 N SHERIDAN RD
6118 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 917 tons
Highest 48%
|
|
506 W HARRISON ST
506 W HARRISON ST
| Hotel | 9.0 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 672 tons
Lowest 38%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data