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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lakeview 3200
3218 N CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft 
Highest 34%
| 991 tons
Highest 45%
|
|
Campion Hall-ID# 254165
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(Loyola)
6551 N Sheridan Rd
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 7.3 kg/sqft | 590 tons  |
|
57135-Chicago-Downtown
201 E Walton Pl
| Hotel | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 1,290 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Sabin Magnet CPS
(CPS)
2216 W Hirsch St
| K-12 School | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 699 tons
Lowest 40%
|
|
Johnson College Prep
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6350 S Stewart St
| K-12 School | 7.3 kg/sqft | 468 tons |
|
Depriest Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
139 S Parkside Ave
| K-12 School | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 773 tons
Lowest 44%
|
|
Frazier International Magnet -CPS
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(CPS)
4027 W Grenshaw St
| K-12 School | 7.3 kg/sqft | 524 tons |
|
York Terrace Apts.
2701 S Indiana Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 2,419 tons
Highest 18%
|
|
Club Quarters
75 E Wacker Dr
| Hotel | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 1,300 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Vivian Gordon Harsh Apts
(CHA)
4227 S Oakenwald Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 743 tons
Lowest 43%
|
|
Vivian Carter Apts
(CHA)
6401 S Yale Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 1,098 tons
Highest 42%
|
|
421 433 W HURON ST
421 433 W HURON ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 898 tons
Highest 49%
|
|
(IL337)- Museum Park Place
1841 S Calumet Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 2,204 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
340 on the Park
340 E Randolph St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 5,817 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
2700 N. Hampden Court Condominium Association
2700 N Hampden Ct
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 813 tons
Lowest 47%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data