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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.)
6250 6258 S PARK SHORE EAST CT
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6250 6258 S PARK SHORE EAST CT
Multifamily Housing
7.7 kg/sqft
1,160 tons
215 West Apartments
215 W Washington St
Multifamily Housing
7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
2,978 tons
Highest 14%
111 S Wacker
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111 S Wacker
Office
7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
9,600 tons
Highest 3%
Hyatt Regency Chicago
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151 E Wacker Dr
Hotel
7.7 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
15,625 tons
#29 Highest
Hyatt House West Loop/Fulton Market
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105 N MAY ST
Hotel
7.6 kg/sqft
1,124 tons
The Residences at 8 East Huron
8 E Huron St
Multifamily Housing
7.6 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
1,303 tons
Highest 36%
3527 W North Avenue
3527 W North Avenue
Multifamily Housing
7.6 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
392 tons
Lowest 16%
210 N Carpenter St
210 N Carpenter St
Office
7.6 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
1,811 tons
Highest 26%
The Gwen
521 N Rush St
Hotel
7.6 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
2,727 tons
Highest 16%
1825 W Lawrence Ave
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1825 W Lawrence Ave
Bank Branch
7.6 kg/sqft
406 tons
Joplin Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
7931 S Honore St
K-12 School
7.6 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
593 tons
Lowest 33%
James Ward Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
2701 S Shields Ave
K-12 School
7.6 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
644 tons
Lowest 37%
Peterson Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
5500 N CHRISTIANA
K-12 School
7.6 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
740 tons
Lowest 43%
Evergreen Academy Middle School
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(CPS)
3537 S Paulina St
K-12 School
7.6 kg/sqft
379 tons
1100 N Dearborn St
1100 N Dearborn St
Multifamily Housing
7.6 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
1,357 tons
Highest 35%
Page 73 of 226 (Building #1081 to #1095)

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)