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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Johnson Elementary -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
1504 S Albany Ave
| K-12 School | 7.0 kg/sqft  | 396 tons  |
|
University Hall
(UIC)
2345 N Clifton Ave
| College/University | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 602 tons
Lowest 33%
|
|
2020 Lincoln Park West Condominium Association
2020 N Lincoln Park West
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 3,036 tons
Highest 14%
|
|
211 W Wacker Dr
211 W Wacker Dr
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 1,101 tons
Highest 42%
|
|
300 North LaSalle
🚩
300 N LaSalle St
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 10,513 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
Kenneth Campbell Apartments
(CHA)
6360 S Minerva Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 709 tons
Lowest 41%
|
|
Judge Green Apartments
(CHA)
4030 S Lake Park Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 907 tons
Highest 49%
|
|
3950 N Lake Shore Drive CA
3950 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 5,210 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
253 East Delaware Condominium Association
253 E DELAWARE PL
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 1,003 tons
Highest 45%
|
|
1620 S. Michigan Ave Condo Association
1620 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 1,762 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
Hampden Tower Condominium Association
2754 N HAMPDEN CT
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 855 tons
Lowest 49%
|
|
1410 N STATE PKWY
1410 N STATE PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 844 tons
Lowest 48%
|
|
The Mayfair
🕰️
1660 E 55TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft | 670 tons |
|
Lawndale Terrace
🕰️
3158 W ROOSEVELT RD
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft | 612 tons |
|
Chatham Park South Co-op
660 E 85TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 523 tons
Lowest 28%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data