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.
New Article
📰 $30 Million In Missed Fines
The City Of Chicago failed to collect $30 million in potential fines from the building benchmarking ordinance, reducing transparency and accountability.
Legislative update! 🎉
As of late January 2024, legislation is being introduced to require new use more efficient forms of water and space heating, via the Clean And Affordable Buildings Ordinance (CABO), which will reduce the number of highly polluting and inefficient buildings that end up on this site.
If you're in Chicago,
write to your alderman to support the CABO!
Chicago Buildings by Greenhouse Gas Intensity
Note: Data only includes large Chicago buildings from 2021, 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.
This data is also from 2021, but when new benchmark data is available, we'll update the site.
| Property Name / address | Primary Property Type |
Greenhouse Gas Intensity (kg CO2 eq./sqft) |
Total Greenhouse Emissions (metric tons CO2 eq.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Thomas J Higgins Elementary Community Academy
(CPS)
11710 S Morgan St
| K-12 School | 5.7 kg/sqft 
Lowest 35%
| 293 tons
Lowest 9%
|
|
Parkway Gardens
🚩
6415 S Calumet Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 5,342 tons 
Highest 6%
|
|
East Point Condominium Association
6101E N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 1,793 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
The Kent Apartments
2623 2627 N CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 852 tons
Lowest 49%
|
|
Montclare Senior Residences Phase I and Montclare Senior Residences Phase II
6640 50 W Belden Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 1,669 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
VB 1224 Lofts CA
1224 W Van Buren St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 1,702 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
24 S. Morgan
24 S MORGAN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 739 tons
Lowest 43%
|
|
20 North Michigan Avenue
20 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 1,220 tons
Highest 38%
|
|
Flat Iron Building
1579 N. Milwaukee Avenue
| Office | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 522 tons
Lowest 29%
|
|
Madison Manor 2
900 920 W MADISON
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 810 tons
Lowest 47%
|
|
City View Tower at Randolph Condominium Association
720 726 W RANDOLPH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 826 tons
Lowest 48%
|
|
Pershing Apartments
(CHA)
3845 S STATE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 519 tons
Lowest 28%
|
|
6901 Oglesby Avenue Apartment Building Corporation
6901 6915 S OGLESBY AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 622 tons
Lowest 37%
|
|
2740 W. Armitage
2740 W ARMITAGE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 326 tons
Lowest 11%
|
|
Lunt Court Condominium Association
1217 1227 W LUNT AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 342 tons
Lowest 13%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data