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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
STEEPLE CENTER
4916 4938 S KEDZIE AVE
| Strip Mall | 9.3 kg/sqft 
Highest 17%
| 804 tons 
Lowest 46%
|
|
O.P.LLC/Orleans Plaza
🕰️
351 W Hubbard St
| Office | 9.3 kg/sqft | 1,782 tons |
|
770 N Halsted St
770 N Halsted St
| Office | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 1,411 tons
Highest 34%
|
|
Sovereign- ID#174155
🕰️
1040 W GRANVILLE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 9.3 kg/sqft | 1,301 tons |
|
Cook Brothers
1740 N Kostner Ave
| Retail Store | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 997 tons
Highest 45%
|
|
IL0032ZZ-CHICAGO CUSTOMHOUSE
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610 S Canal St
| Courthouse | 9.3 kg/sqft | 2,588 tons |
|
Lake Meadows 8
401 E 32nd St
| Multifamily Housing | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 2,830 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
Lake Shore Plaza
445 E Ohio St
| Multifamily Housing | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 3,880 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
Ascension Stone Professional Office Building
🕰️
2800 - 2812 N Sheridan Rd
| Medical Office | 9.3 kg/sqft | 896 tons |
|
The Silversmith Hotel & Suites
10 S Wabash Ave
| Hotel | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 1,258 tons
Highest 38%
|
|
437 W DIVISION ST
437 W DIVISION ST
| Multifamily Housing | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 1,023 tons
Highest 44%
|
|
1610 West Fullerton Condominium Assocation
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1610-1620 W. Fullerton Ave.
| Multifamily Housing | 9.3 kg/sqft | 488 tons |
|
Grand Blvd Plaza
🕰️
5401 S WENTWORTH AVE
| Strip Mall | 9.3 kg/sqft | 1,287 tons |
|
Target, Chicago Near North (0942)
2656 N Elston Ave
| Retail Store | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 1,728 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
Courthouse Place
46 64 W Hubbard St
| Office | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 996 tons
Highest 45%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data