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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.)
1035 W Van Buren St
1035 W Van Buren St
Multifamily Housing
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
1,785 tons
Highest 26%
Xavier Apartments
625 W Division St
Multifamily Housing
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
1,648 tons
Highest 29%
Cudahy Library-ID#254164
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(Loyola)
6515 N Kenmore Ave
Library
7.1 kg/sqft
880 tons
3021 S Michigan Ave
3021 S Michigan Ave
Multifamily Housing
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
477 tons
Lowest 24%
The Montrevelle Condominium Association
520 N Halsted St
Multifamily Housing
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
782 tons
Lowest 45%
Twenty N. State Condominium Association
20 N State St
Multifamily Housing
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
1,496 tons
Highest 31%
7201-09 S Yates Blvd
7201-09 S Yates Blvd
Multifamily Housing
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
714 tons
Lowest 41%
1333 N Kingsbury
1333 N Kingsbury
Office
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
740 tons
Lowest 43%
Peirce Sch Of Intl Studies -CPS
(CPS)
1423 W Bryn Mawr Ave
K-12 School
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
1,007 tons
Highest 45%
Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy -CPS
(CPS)
4418 S Sacramento
K-12 School
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
756 tons
Lowest 44%
Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts
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(CPS)
5401 S Union Ave
K-12 School
7.1 kg/sqft
610 tons
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
100 E Erie St
Office
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
677 tons
Lowest 39%
162 North State Street
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162 N State St
Residence Hall/Dormitory
7.1 kg/sqft
2,253 tons
William Castleman Apartments
(CHA)
4945 N Sheridan Rd
Multifamily Housing
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
1,056 tons
Highest 43%
2400 Lakeview Condo
2400 N Lakeview Ave
Multifamily Housing
7.1 kg/sqft
Highest 37%
2,067 tons
Highest 22%
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)