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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
UIC School of Law
🕰️
(UIC)
304 S State St
| College/University | 7.7 kg/sqft  | 1,682 tons |
|
Park Millennium Condominium Association.
222 N Columbus Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 4,513 tons
Highest 8%
|
|
400 East Ohio Condominium Association
400 E Ohio St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 2,204 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
Sheridan Lake
6401 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 525 tons 
Lowest 28%
|
|
307 S Sangamon St
307 S Sangamon St
| Office | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 565 tons
Lowest 31%
|
|
1055 1065 W GRANVILLE AVE
1055 1065 W GRANVILLE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 617 tons
Lowest 35%
|
|
Ninos Heroes Academic -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
8344 S Commercial Ave
| K-12 School | 7.7 kg/sqft | 563 tons |
|
550 St. Clair Condominiums
550 N St Clair St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 1,483 tons
Highest 32%
|
|
Lake Terrace Condominiums
7337 S SOUTH SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 2,104 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
The Patricians
401 411 W FULLERTON PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 1,461 tons
Highest 32%
|
|
601 S LaSalle
601 S LaSalle St
| Office | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 462 tons
Lowest 22%
|
|
2606 N ELSTON AVE
2606 N ELSTON AVE
| Distribution Center | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 371 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
Target, Chicago McKinley Park (2078)
1940 W 33rd St
| Retail Store | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 1,073 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
Target, Chicago Brickyard (1924)
6525 W Diversey Ave
| Retail Store | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 1,079 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
Hyde PArk Shopping Center
1500 1554 E 55th St
| Strip Mall | 7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 991 tons
Highest 45%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data