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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
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2021 S MORGAN ST
2021 S MORGAN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft 
Lowest 11%
| 293 tons
Lowest 8%
|
|
Evelyn Lane Condos
5332 N DELPHIA AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 261 tons
Lowest 5%
|
|
ASPIRA Early College High School
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3986 W Barry Ave
| K-12 School | 4.1 kg/sqft | 240 tons |
|
3500 N Lake Shore Dr
3500 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 864 tons
Lowest 49%
|
|
6101 6111 N CLARK ST
6101 6111 N CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 216 tons
Lowest 3%
|
|
Keller Center
1307 E 60TH ST
| College/University | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 503 tons
Lowest 27%
|
|
Parker Eleme-CPS
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(CPS)
6800 S Stewart Ave
| K-12 School | 4.1 kg/sqft | 1,147 tons  |
|
Greenwood Condominum
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4720 4726 S GREENWOOD AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 222 tons
Lowest 3%
|
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6245 6259 N SHERIDAN RD
6245 6259 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 284 tons
Lowest 7%
|
|
300 W Adams
300 W Adams
| Office | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 1,179 tons
Highest 40%
|
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532 536 W STRATFORD PL
532 536 W STRATFORD PL
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 643 tons
Lowest 37%
|
|
424 W OAKDALE AVE
424 W OAKDALE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 215 tons
Lowest 3%
|
|
135 S LaSalle Property LLC
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135 S LaSalle St
| Office | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 9,969 tons
Highest 2%
|
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5101 5111 N WINCHESTER AVE
5101 5111 N WINCHESTER AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 282 tons
Lowest 7%
|
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One East Wacker
1 E Wacker Dr
| Office | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 2,791 tons
Highest 16%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data