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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
4600 N CLARENDON AVE
4600 N CLARENDON AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft 
Highest 39%
| 954 tons
Highest 47%
|
|
111 W HURON ST
111 W HURON ST
| Hotel | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 842 tons 
Lowest 48%
|
|
5110 S KENWOOD AVE
5110 S KENWOOD AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 392 tons
Lowest 16%
|
|
900 910 W VANBUREN ST
900 910 W VANBUREN ST
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 539 tons
Lowest 30%
|
|
1550 S ALBANY AVE
1550 S ALBANY AVE
| Residential Care Facility | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 503 tons
Lowest 27%
|
|
Asbury Plaza
750 N Dearborn St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 2,489 tons
Highest 18%
|
|
Lake View Towers Apartments
4550 N Clarendon Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 3,151 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
820 W Belle Plaine Apartments
820 W Belle Plaine Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 1,654 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
Presence Resurrection Retirement Community
7262 W Peterson Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 2,820 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
The Guild Condo
50 E 16th St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 1,603 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
30 W ERIE ST
30 W ERIE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 410 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
Daily News Condominium Association
222 S RACINE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 385 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
US Bank -- Englewood
815 W 63rd St
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 443 tons
Lowest 20%
|
|
Academy of General Dentistry
560 - 566 W Lake St
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 798 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
Wilson 669 North Michigan Avenue LLC
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669 N Michigan Ave
| Retail Store | 7.0 kg/sqft | 1,039 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data