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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.)
Lincoln Park Commons Condominium Association
🕰️
2650-2700 N. Clark St.
Mixed Use Property
14.0 kg/sqft
1,445 tons
W CHICAGO - CITY CENTER
172 W Adams St
Hotel
14.0 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
3,397 tons
Highest 11%
5757 N Sheridan CA
5757 N Sheridan Rd
Multifamily Housing
13.9 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
2,742 tons
Highest 16%
Trumbull Park Homes
🚩
(CHA)
2437 E 106th St
Multifamily Housing
13.9 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
5,542 tons
Highest 6%
Friedman Properties, Ltd
420 N Wabash Ave
Office
13.9 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
1,424 tons
Highest 33%
Horwitz & Co.
🕰️
651 West Washington Blvd
Office
13.9 kg/sqft
2,647 tons
Joffco Square
555 W Roosevelt Rd
Other - Mall
13.9 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
1,118 tons
Highest 41%
2350 N Lincoln Ave
2350 N Lincoln Ave
Office
13.8 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
794 tons
Lowest 46%
South Loop -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
1212 S Plymouth Ct
K-12 School
13.8 kg/sqft
803 tons
Symphony of Morgan Park
10935 S HALSTED ST
Senior Living Community
13.8 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
831 tons
Lowest 48%
Inn of Chicago
🕰️
162 E Ohio
Hotel
13.8 kg/sqft
2,419 tons
730 N Michigan Ave
730 N Michigan Ave
Other - Mall
13.7 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
3,113 tons
Highest 13%
375 E Chicago Ave
🚩
(Northwestern)
375 E Chicago Ave
College/University
13.6 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
5,297 tons
Highest 6%
Schatz Building
🕰️
610 N FAIRBANKS CT
Retail Store
13.6 kg/sqft
981 tons
Advocate Healthcare Center (Beverly Center)
9831 S Western Ave
Medical Office
13.6 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
809 tons
Lowest 46%
Page 18 of 226 (Building #256 to #270)

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)