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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.)
508 W Diversey Pkwy
508 W Diversey Pkwy
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
381 tons
Lowest 15%
Terra Cotta Commons Condominium
1760 W Wrightwood Ave
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
197 tons
Lowest 2%
Hyde Park Courtway
4816 4828 S Dorchester Ave
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
268 tons
Lowest 6%
Fulton Place Condominium Association
657 W Fulton St
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
447 tons
Lowest 21%
Whitmore Apartments
421 S Central Ave
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
269 tons
Lowest 6%
New Sullivan Elem, William K -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
8315 S Mackinaw Ave
K-12 School
3.9 kg/sqft
853 tons
Tilden HS -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
4747 S Union Ave
K-12 School
3.9 kg/sqft
1,272 tons
Gold Coast Condominium Association
71 E DIVISION ST
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
788 tons
Lowest 45%
The Darien Apartments
3100 N Lake Shore Dr
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
1,372 tons
Highest 35%
Walton on the Park South
2 W Delaware Pl
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
2,758 tons
Highest 16%
Westhaven Park Tower
(CHA)
100 N HERMITAGE AVE
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
679 tons
Lowest 39%
17 N LOOMIS ST
17 N LOOMIS ST
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
349 tons
Lowest 12%
7707 W IRVING PARK RD
7707 W IRVING PARK RD
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
216 tons
Lowest 3%
The Superior at LaSalle Condominium Association
150 W SUPERIOR ST
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
696 tons
Lowest 40%
Park Harbor Condominium Association
🕰️
3620 N. Pine Grove Ave
Multifamily Housing
3.9 kg/sqft
360 tons
Page 203 of 226 (Building #3031 to #3045)

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