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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.)
Second Prairie Shores, LLC
2951 S King Dr
Multifamily Housing
8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
2,473 tons
Highest 18%
Third Prairie Shores, LLC
3001 S King Dr
Multifamily Housing
8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
2,469 tons
Highest 18%
401 S Clinton St
401 S Clinton St
Office
8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
1,398 tons
Highest 34%
Hampton Inn and Suites Chicago
33 W Illinois St
Hotel
8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
1,361 tons
Highest 35%
Graham School of Management, St. Xavier University
3700 W 103rd St
College/University
8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
3,968 tons
Highest 9%
542 S Dearborn
542 S Dearborn St
Office
8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
733 tons
Lowest 42%
Home Depot, #1903 Brickyard
2555 N Normandy Ave
Retail Store
8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
1,170 tons
Highest 40%
732 W BITTERSWEET PL
732 W BITTERSWEET PL
Multifamily Housing
8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
465 tons
Lowest 23%
4048 S LAKE PARK AVE
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4048 S LAKE PARK AVE
Multifamily Housing
8.5 kg/sqft
473 tons
7450 N ROGERS AVE
7450 N ROGERS AVE
Multifamily Housing
8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
828 tons
Lowest 48%
1607 E 50TH PL
1607 E 50TH PL
Multifamily Housing
8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
505 tons
Lowest 27%
5550 5556 S DORCHESTER AVE
5550 5556 S DORCHESTER AVE
Multifamily Housing
8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 22%
684 tons
Lowest 39%
513 W Fullerton Pkwy
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513 W Fullerton Pkwy
Senior Care Community
8.4 kg/sqft
815 tons
Catholic Charities: St. Leo Residence
7750 S Emerald Ave
Multifamily Housing
8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 22%
554 tons
Lowest 30%
Bond Chapel/ Cobb, Swift, Haskell, Wieboldt, Goodspeed, Gates, and Blake Hall
(UChicago)
5811 - 5827 S Ellis Ave
College/University
8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 22%
669 tons
Lowest 38%
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)