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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
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180 N Michigan Ave
180 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 7.2 kg/sqft 
Highest 35%
| 1,669 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
Randolph Tower City
188 W Randolph St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 2,674 tons
Highest 16%
|
|
Grand Plaza
540 N State St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 8,005 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
Sheridan Court
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6807 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft | 718 tons  |
|
CP2, LLC
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225 W Hubbard St
| Other | 7.2 kg/sqft | 394 tons |
|
440 N Wells St
440 N Wells St
| Office | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 813 tons
Lowest 47%
|
|
4880 Marine Drive Condominium
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4880 N MARINE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft | 510 tons |
|
1310 N RITCHIE CT
1310 N RITCHIE CT
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 1,309 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
660 W WRIGHTWOOD AVE
660 W WRIGHTWOOD AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 278 tons
Lowest 7%
|
|
Evergreen Tower
1333 N CLEVELAND AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 656 tons
Lowest 37%
|
|
2941 S Michigan Ave
2941 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 486 tons
Lowest 25%
|
|
3639 3649 N PINE GROVE AVE
3639 3649 N PINE GROVE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 721 tons
Lowest 42%
|
|
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St
| Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 1,730 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
One North Wacker
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1 N Wacker Dr
| Office | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 11,681 tons #50 Highest
|
|
Two North Riverside Plaza
2 N Riverside Plz
| Office | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 5,361 tons
Highest 6%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data