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Electrify Chicago

An independent tool for viewing City of Chicago building data

According to the 2022 Chicago Climate Action Plan(opens in a new tab), 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(opens in a new tab). 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.)
G & A Senior Residence at Kedzie
4054 N KEDZIE AVE
Multifamily Housing
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
304 tons
Lowest 9%
1000 South Clark
1000 S CLARK ST
Multifamily Housing
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
2,736 tons
Highest 16%
The Apex Condominium Association
859 W Erie St
Multifamily Housing
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
403 tons
Lowest 17%
4655 W Berteau Ave
4655 W Berteau Ave
Multifamily Housing
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
483 tons
Lowest 25%
Association House of Chicago
1116 N Kedzie Ave
Office
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
939 tons
Highest 47%
Newberry Park Apartments
1353 & 1357 S Blue Island Ave
Multifamily Housing
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
622 tons
Lowest 35%
Lake Village East Apartments
4700 S Lake Park Ave
Multifamily Housing
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
1,106 tons
Highest 42%
Scammon, Jonathan Y -CPS
(CPS)
4201 W Henderson St
K-12 School
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
523 tons
Lowest 28%
Edgebrook Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
6525 N Hiawatha Ave
K-12 School
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
402 tons
Lowest 17%
South Shore International College Prep -CPS
(CPS)
1955 E 75th St
K-12 School
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
1,294 tons
Highest 37%
Saint Hedwig Parish
🕰️
2226 N Hoyne Ave
Other
6.1 kg/sqft
617 tons
Foreman HS, Edwin G -CPS
(CPS)
3235 N Leclaire Ave
K-12 School
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
1,421 tons
Highest 33%
Jenner, Edward Elementary Academy Of The Arts -CPS
(CPS)
1119 N Cleveland Ave
K-12 School
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
554 tons
Lowest 31%
Sawyer Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
5248 S Sawyer Ave
K-12 School
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
989 tons
Highest 45%
Metcalfe Math And Science -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
12339 S Normal Ave
K-12 School
6.1 kg/sqft
496 tons
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)