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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.)
Mcnair Academy Center, Ronald E -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
4820 W Walton St
K-12 School
7.8 kg/sqft
769 tons
Bridgeport-CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
501-05 W 35TH ST
Office
7.8 kg/sqft
577 tons
CICS - Larry Hawkins High School
🕰️
(CPS)
801 E 133rd Pl
K-12 School
7.8 kg/sqft
1,131 tons
The Residences at Joffrey Tower Condo Association
8 E Randolph St
Multifamily Housing
7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
3,204 tons
Highest 12%
The Buckingham Condominium Association
360 E Randolph St
Multifamily Housing
7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
3,924 tons
Highest 9%
Hyatt Place Chicago / South
🕰️
5225 S HARPER AVE
Hotel
7.8 kg/sqft
665 tons
335 N MENARD AVE
335 N MENARD AVE
Senior Living Community
7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
470 tons
Lowest 23%
Sullivan Center-ID# 173858
🕰️
(Loyola)
6339 N Sheridan Rd
Mixed Use Property
7.8 kg/sqft
1,008 tons
530 W DIVERSEY PKWY
530 W DIVERSEY PKWY
Multifamily Housing
7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
396 tons
Lowest 16%
Target, Chicago South (1488)
8560 S Cottage Grove Ave
Office
7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
747 tons
Lowest 43%
Harlan Comm Academy -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
9652 S Michigan Ave
K-12 School
7.8 kg/sqft
1,332 tons
Ambassador House Condominium Association
1317 1325 N STATE PKWY
Multifamily Housing
7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
1,505 tons
Highest 31%
(IL278)-2000 N. Lincoln Park West
2000 - 2052 N Lincoln Park West
Multifamily Housing
7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
1,965 tons
Highest 23%
300 S DAMEN AVE
300 S DAMEN AVE
Multifamily Housing
7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
1,338 tons
Highest 35%
1155 E 60th St
(UChicago)
1155 E 60th St
College/University
7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
1,457 tons
Highest 32%
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)