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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888 S MICHIGAN AVE
888 S MICHIGAN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft 
Highest 37%
| 564 tons 
Lowest 31%
|
|
2750 W Roosevelt Rd
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2750 W ROOSEVELT
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 7.1 kg/sqft | 868 tons |
|
Catholic Theological Union - Academic and Conferen
5416 S Cornell Ave
| College/University | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 716 tons
Lowest 41%
|
|
731 S Plymouth Ct
731 S Plymouth Ct
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 1,084 tons
Highest 42%
|
|
155 North Wacker
155 N Wacker Dr
| Office | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 9,939 tons
Highest 2%
|
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Granville Court Condominiums
2025 W Granville Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 1,628 tons
Highest 29%
|
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134 N. LaSalle LLC
134 N LaSalle St
| Office | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 1,455 tons
Highest 32%
|
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Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro
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733 W Madison St
| Hotel | 7.1 kg/sqft | 1,425 tons |
|
1130 S Michigan Ave
1130 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 5,102 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
Sullivan HS, Roger C -CPS
(CPS)
6631 N Bosworth Ave
| K-12 School | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 1,554 tons
Highest 30%
|
|
The Royalle Condominium Association
744 N CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 554 tons
Lowest 30%
|
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1301 1311 W FLETCHER ST
1301 1311 W FLETCHER ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 428 tons
Lowest 19%
|
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Park Community Church
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1001 N Crosby
| Worship Facility | 7.1 kg/sqft | 462 tons |
|
1209 1213 W SHERWIN AVE
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1209 1213 W SHERWIN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft | 423 tons |
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550 W. Surf
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550 W. Surf
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft | 707 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data