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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.)
5100 S HYDE PARK BLVD
5100 S HYDE PARK BLVD
Multifamily Housing
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
481 tons
Lowest 25%
7200 S SOUTH SHORE DR
7200 S SOUTH SHORE DR
Multifamily Housing
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
338 tons
Lowest 11%
80 W HARRISON ST
80 W HARRISON ST
Multifamily Housing
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
611 tons
Lowest 34%
6456 6460 W BELLE PLAINE AVE
6456 6460 W BELLE PLAINE AVE
Multifamily Housing
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
217 tons
Lowest 3%
The Renaissance Collaborative
3757 S Wabash Ave
Other - Lodging/Residential
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
324 tons
Lowest 10%
Salvation Army
2258 N Clybourn Ave
Other - Lodging/Residential
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
235 tons
Lowest 4%
Pullman Wheelworks Apartments
901 E 104th St
Multifamily Housing
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
1,259 tons
Highest 38%
Park Edgewater Condominium Association
6101 N Sheridan Road
Multifamily Housing
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
651 tons
Lowest 37%
1401 S State St
1401 S State St
Multifamily Housing
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
1,249 tons
Highest 38%
1439 S MICHIGAN AVE
1439 S MICHIGAN AVE
Multifamily Housing
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
448 tons
Lowest 21%
747 N LASALLE DR
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747 N LASALLE DR
Office
4.3 kg/sqft
194 tons
Halsted Plaza
801- 831 W 119th St.
Strip Mall
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
257 tons
Lowest 5%
4240 4248 N CLARENDON AVE
4240 4248 N CLARENDON AVE
Multifamily Housing
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
282 tons
Lowest 7%
Fountainbleau CAMBRIDGE Property
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2828 N. Cambridge
Multifamily Housing
4.3 kg/sqft
326 tons
Bradley Business Center
2500 W Bradley Pl
Other
4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
1,591 tons
Highest 30%
Page 195 of 226 (Building #2911 to #2925)

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