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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.)
Jewel Osco, 03176-Ashland & 95th St
9400 S Ashland Ave
Supermarket/Grocery Store
15.0 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
994 tons
Highest 45%
Cobbler Square Lofts
1350 N Wells St
Multifamily Housing
15.0 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
2,124 tons
Highest 21%
Sullivan Athletic Center
(DePaul)
2323 N Sheffield Ave
College/University
15.0 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
956 tons
Highest 47%
S1-Sinai
🚩
1525 S CALIFORNIA AVE
Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
14.9 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
12,679 tons
#44 Highest
The Racquet Club Chicago
1357 1367 N DEARBORN ST
Fitness Center/Health Club/Gym
14.9 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
925 tons
Highest 48%
150-160 E. Huron
🕰️
150-160 E. Huron
Hotel
14.9 kg/sqft
5,343 tons
Walmart Supercenter #5781
🕰️
8331 S Stewart Ave
Wholesale Club/Supercenter
14.8 kg/sqft
2,190 tons
Advocate Center
15 S Wood St
Other
14.8 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
886 tons
Lowest 50%
1440 S WABASH AVE
1440 S WABASH AVE
Multifamily Housing
14.8 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
922 tons
Highest 48%
65 E GOETHE ST
65 E GOETHE ST
Multifamily Housing
14.8 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
1,701 tons
Highest 27%
2013-Chicago Downtown - Franklin/Madison (RR ONLY)
🕰️
1 South Franklin Street
Hotel
14.7 kg/sqft
2,065 tons
House of Blues Chicago
329 N Dearborn St
Performing Arts
14.7 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
802 tons
Lowest 46%
Jeffery Plaza
2101 E 71ST ST
Supermarket/Grocery Store
14.7 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
1,661 tons
Highest 28%
Soldier Field
🕰️
1410 South Museum Campus Drive
Stadium (Open)
14.7 kg/sqft
22,703 tons
2535 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
2535 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Medical Office
14.6 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
807 tons
Lowest 46%
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)