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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Mcnair Academy Center, Ronald E -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
4820 W Walton St
| K-12 School | 7.8 kg/sqft  | 769 tons  |
|
Bridgeport-CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
501-05 W 35TH ST
| Office | 7.8 kg/sqft | 577 tons |
|
CICS - Larry Hawkins High School
🕰️
(CPS)
801 E 133rd Pl
| K-12 School | 7.8 kg/sqft | 1,131 tons |
|
The Residences at Joffrey Tower Condo Association
8 E Randolph St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
| 3,204 tons
Highest 12%
|
|
The Buckingham Condominium Association
360 E Randolph St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
| 3,924 tons
Highest 9%
|
|
Hyatt Place Chicago / South
🕰️
5225 S HARPER AVE
| Hotel | 7.8 kg/sqft | 665 tons |
|
335 N MENARD AVE
335 N MENARD AVE
| Senior Living Community | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
| 470 tons
Lowest 23%
|
|
Sullivan Center-ID# 173858
🕰️
(Loyola)
6339 N Sheridan Rd
| Mixed Use Property | 7.8 kg/sqft | 1,008 tons |
|
530 W DIVERSEY PKWY
530 W DIVERSEY PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
| 396 tons
Lowest 16%
|
|
Target, Chicago South (1488)
8560 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Office | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
| 747 tons
Lowest 43%
|
|
Harlan Comm Academy -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
9652 S Michigan Ave
| K-12 School | 7.8 kg/sqft | 1,332 tons |
|
Ambassador House Condominium Association
1317 1325 N STATE PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
| 1,505 tons
Highest 31%
|
|
(IL278)-2000 N. Lincoln Park West
2000 - 2052 N Lincoln Park West
| Multifamily Housing | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
| 1,965 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
300 S DAMEN AVE
300 S DAMEN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
| 1,338 tons
Highest 35%
|
|
1155 E 60th St
(UChicago)
1155 E 60th St
| College/University | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
| 1,457 tons
Highest 32%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data