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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Moody Bible Institute, Solheim Center
930 N Wells St
| College/University | 2.9 kg/sqft 
Lowest 3%
| 223 tons
Lowest 3%
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OAKWOOD CHICAGO RIVER NORTH
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220 W Illinois St
| Multifamily Housing | 2.9 kg/sqft | 483 tons |
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4825 4835 N CENTRAL AVE
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4825 4835 N CENTRAL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 2.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 143 tons
#19 Lowest in Chicago*
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1100 N. Clark St.
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1100 N. CLARK ST
| Automobile Dealership | 2.9 kg/sqft | 383 tons |
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445 W Erie
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445 W Erie
| Office | 2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 155 tons
#25 Lowest in Chicago*
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Hawthorne Point
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1511-1525 W Cullom Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 144 tons
#20 Lowest in Chicago*
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900-10 W Winona Street
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900-10 W Winona Street
| Multifamily Housing | 2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 146 tons
#23 Lowest in Chicago*
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Oakwood Court
6547 N Harlem Avenue
| Multifamily Housing | 2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 324 tons
Lowest 10%
|
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Carmen Hall
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60 E 32nd Street
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 2.8 kg/sqft | 198 tons |
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OurLadyofVictory_School
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5212 W Agatite
| K-12 School | 2.8 kg/sqft | 172 tons |
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Holland Apartments
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240 W 107th Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 164 tons
#29 Lowest in Chicago*
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Newberry Plaza Townhouse Owners Association
1000 N STATE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 171 tons
Lowest 1%
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U.S. Cellular Plaza - 8430 _ Goby LLC
8430 W Bryn Mawr Ave
| Office | 2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 558 tons
Lowest 31%
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1247 1249 W MADISON ST
1247 1249 W MADISON ST
| Multifamily Housing | 2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 441 tons
Lowest 20%
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Dickens Place Condominium Association
2100 N RACINE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 205 tons
Lowest 2%
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Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data