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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
5346 5350 S CORNELL AVE
5346 5350 S CORNELL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.6 kg/sqft 
Lowest 6%
| 479 tons
Lowest 24%
|
|
120 S Riverside Plaza
120 S Riverside Plz
| Office | 3.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 2,853 tons 
Highest 15%
|
|
320 N SANGAMON ST
320 N SANGAMON ST
| Office | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 1,080 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
450 W BELMONT AVE
450 W BELMONT AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 607 tons
Lowest 34%
|
|
Harding Court
4845-4859 N Harding
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 181 tons
Lowest 1%
|
|
811 Fulton
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803 W Fulton Market
| Office | 3.5 kg/sqft | 230 tons |
|
220 E Walton Pl
220 E Walton Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 350 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
2700 N Halsted St
2700 N Halsted St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 296 tons
Lowest 8%
|
|
Lakeview Pointe Condominium
7736 7772 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 278 tons
Lowest 7%
|
|
Lyndale Place
2575 W Lyndale
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 292 tons
Lowest 8%
|
|
River North Commons CA
520 W Huron St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 972 tons
Highest 46%
|
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Burnham Park Plaza Condo
40 E 9th St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 1,451 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
The New York Private Residences (242935)
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3660 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft | 2,211 tons |
|
Lake Street Lofts LLC
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900 910 912 W Lake St & 212 N Peoria St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft | 376 tons |
|
2336 N COMMONWEALTH AVE
2336 N COMMONWEALTH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 356 tons
Lowest 13%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data