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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2333 2341 N COMMONWEALTH AVE
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2333 2341 N COMMONWEALTH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 2.8 kg/sqft 
Lowest 3%
| 245 tons
Lowest 4%
|
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4600-4650 W. Diversey
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4600 4650 W Diversey Ave
| Strip Mall | 2.8 kg/sqft | 151 tons |
|
717 S CLARK ST
717 S CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 2.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 2%
| 1,293 tons 
Highest 37%
|
|
1502 N Ainslie LLC
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4914 N CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 2.7 kg/sqft | 151 tons |
|
Map Factory Lofts
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5235 N Ravenswood Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 2.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 2%
| 147 tons
#24 Lowest in Chicago*
|
|
Much-Musikantow Co.
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8001 - 8007 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Other - Public Services | 2.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 2%
| 140 tons
#18 Lowest in Chicago*
|
|
School_HolyAngelsSchoolAnnex
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750 E 40th St
| K-12 School | 2.7 kg/sqft | 280 tons |
|
Vranas and Assoc. C/O Realty and Mortgage Co.
346 N Justine St
| Office | 2.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 2%
| 247 tons
Lowest 5%
|
|
MacLean Center
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112 S Michigan Ave
| College/University | 2.7 kg/sqft | 636 tons |
|
2516 2526 N KEDZIE BLVD
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2516 2526 N KEDZIE BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 2.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 2%
| 99 tons
#8 Lowest in Chicago*
|
|
The Monadnock Building
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53 W Jackson Blvd
| Office | 2.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 2%
| 1,336 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
1744 N Western Ave
1744 N Western Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 2.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 2%
| 365 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
33 S Aberdeen St
33 S Aberdeen St
| Multifamily Housing | 2.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 2%
| 500 tons
Lowest 26%
|
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MissionofOurLadyoftheAngels_School
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3814 W Iowa St
| K-12 School | 2.6 kg/sqft | 142 tons |
|
954 W Washington Blvd
954 W Washington Blvd
| Office | 2.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 2%
| 358 tons
Lowest 13%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data