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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2701 2741 N LEAVITT ST
2701 2741 N LEAVITT ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft 
Highest 37%
| 501 tons 
Lowest 27%
|
|
443 447 W WRIGHTWOOD AVE
443 447 W WRIGHTWOOD AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 641 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
Grenada
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525 W Arlington Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft | 500 tons |
|
LaSalle-Wacker Building
221 N LaSalle St
| Office | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 2,983 tons
Highest 14%
|
|
Commonwealth Plaza Condominium Association
330 W Diversey Pkwy
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 3,553 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
233 N Michigan Ave
233 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 8,288 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
Chicago Acad Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
3400 N Austin Ave
| K-12 School | 7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
| 1,790 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
4640 N SHERIDAN RD
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4640 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 7.1 kg/sqft | 1,539 tons |
|
1648 W DIVISION ST
1648 W DIVISION ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 639 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
Campus Residential North Commons
(UChicago)
5500 S UNIVERSITY AVE
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 2,919 tons
Highest 14%
|
|
Hyatt Place Chicago
28 N FRANKLIN ST
| Hotel | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 1,207 tons
Highest 39%
|
|
Catholic Charities: Porta Coeli Senior Housing
2260 E 99th St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 552 tons
Lowest 30%
|
|
Greenview Place
1501 W Melrose St
| Senior Living Community | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 584 tons
Lowest 32%
|
|
7150 S Cyril Ct
7150 S Cyril Ct
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 510 tons
Lowest 27%
|
|
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6200-42 N Hoyne Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 1,163 tons
Highest 40%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data