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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Eliot House Condominium Association
1255 N Sandburg Ter
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft 
Highest 25%
| 2,544 tons
Highest 17%
|
|
Winston Towers II
6833 N Kedzie Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 2,120 tons
Highest 21%
|
|
Park Newberry Condominiums
55 W Delaware Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 2,101 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
The Townhouse Apartments
7022 S SOUTH SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 1,058 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
8501 W Higgins Rd
8501 W Higgins Rd
| Office | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 1,338 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
605 N Michigan Ave
605 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 853 tons 
Lowest 49%
|
|
Community Care Center
4314 S Wabash Ave
| Senior Living Community | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 505 tons
Lowest 27%
|
|
New City Supportive Living
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4707 S Marshfield Ave.
| Senior Care Community | 8.1 kg/sqft | 801 tons |
|
936 E 47TH ST
936 E 47TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 1,108 tons
Highest 42%
|
|
4161 S DREXEL BLVD
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4161 S DREXEL BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft | 496 tons |
|
6119 6125 N WINCHESTER AVE
6119 6125 N WINCHESTER AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 468 tons
Lowest 23%
|
|
1020 W THORNDALE AVE
1020 W THORNDALE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 445 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
2120 N LINCOLN PARK WEST
2120 N LINCOLN PARK WEST
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 465 tons
Lowest 23%
|
|
5040 N KENMORE AVE
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5040 N KENMORE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft | 737 tons |
|
LaSalle Towers Condominium Association
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1211 1217 N LASALLE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft | 464 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data