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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.)
Printers Row Condominium Association
711 S DEARBORN ST
Multifamily Housing
4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
1,087 tons
Highest 42%
3039 E 91ST ST
3039 E 91ST ST
Multifamily Housing
4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
671 tons
Lowest 38%
826 W Montrose Ave
826 W Montrose Ave
Multifamily Housing
4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
2,476 tons
Highest 18%
Continental Plaza Apartments
1330 1358 W 76th St
Multifamily Housing
4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
987 tons
Highest 46%
1611 W DIVISION ST
1611 W DIVISION ST
Multifamily Housing
4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
517 tons
Lowest 28%
Morningside North Apartments
170 W Oak St
Senior Living Community
4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
1,156 tons
Highest 40%
Cornell Rentals, LLC
🕰️
5424 S. Cornell
Multifamily Housing
4.8 kg/sqft
295 tons
Fairfield Hall-ID#105533
🕰️
(Loyola)
6228 6240 N WINTHROP AVE
Residence Hall/Dormitory
4.8 kg/sqft
269 tons
445 W BARRY AVE
445 W BARRY AVE
Multifamily Housing
4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
395 tons
Lowest 16%
120 S LaSalle St
120 S LaSalle St
Office
4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
3,656 tons
Highest 10%
230 E ONTARIO ST
230 E ONTARIO ST
Multifamily Housing
4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 21%
669 tons
Lowest 38%
Glenwood Apartments
🕰️
6701 N Glenwood Ave
Multifamily Housing
4.8 kg/sqft
261 tons
Truman College
🕰️
1145 W Wilson Ave
College/University
4.8 kg/sqft
4,592 tons
Prairie District Lofts Condominium Association
1727 S Indiana Ave
Multifamily Housing
4.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 20%
819 tons
Lowest 47%
1345 South Wabash Condominium
1345 S Wabash Ave
Multifamily Housing
4.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 20%
833 tons
Lowest 48%
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)