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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1101 1123 E HYDE PARK BLVD
1101 1123 E HYDE PARK BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft 
Lowest 15%
| 310 tons
Lowest 9%
|
|
1201 N Clark
1201 N Clark
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 421 tons
Lowest 19%
|
|
727 W Madison St
727 W Madison St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 2,962 tons 
Highest 14%
|
|
Old Town Park
1140 N Wells St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 2,799 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
Alta Roosevelt
801 S Financial Place
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 2,752 tons
Highest 16%
|
|
Midway Pointe Senior Residences
5011 W 47TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 381 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
Archer Building Lofts Condominium Association
2301 15 S Archer Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 427 tons
Lowest 19%
|
|
Green Street Lofts
400 S Green St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 518 tons
Lowest 28%
|
|
University Village Lofts
1524 S Sangamon St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 1,094 tons
Highest 42%
|
|
2 S Leavitt St
2 S Leavitt St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 235 tons
Lowest 4%
|
|
Klee Plaza at Six Corners Condominium Association
4015 N Milwaukee Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 401 tons
Lowest 17%
|
|
Terrace 459 at Parkside of Old Town
459 W Division St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 607 tons
Lowest 34%
|
|
1934 N Washtenaw Condominium Association
1934 N Washtenaw Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 358 tons
Lowest 13%
|
|
Parkside Terrace
137-143 N Parkside Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 367 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
Library Tower Condo Assoc.
520 S State St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 1,581 tons
Highest 30%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data