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.
The City Of Chicago failed to collect $30 million in potential fines from the building benchmarking ordinance, reducing transparency and accountability.
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.
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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.) |
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Lakeside Square Apartments
920 W Lakeside Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 1,571 tons
Highest 30%
|
Yusho/Commercial Bldg.
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5301 5331 S KIMBARK AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 337 tons
Lowest 12%
|
Mayfair Commons
4444 W LAWRENCE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 477 tons
Lowest 25%
|
4200 Marine Drive Condominium Association
4200 4212 N MARINE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 641 tons
Lowest 38%
|
1300 Astor Tower
1300 1306 N ASTOR ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 561 tons
Lowest 32%
|
1335 Astor Cooperative
1335 1343 N ASTOR ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 622 tons
Lowest 36%
|
1515 W. MORSE LLC
1509 1521 W MORSE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 350 tons
Lowest 13%
|
Park Castle Condominium Association
2416 2458 W GREENLEAF AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 449 tons
Lowest 22%
|
6300 Sheridan Building Condominium Association
6300 6326 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 796 tons
Lowest 46%
|
3470 N Lake Shore Dr
3470 N LAKE SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 739 tons
Lowest 43%
|
Pine Grove Property LLC
2828 N PINE GROVE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 548 tons
Lowest 31%
|
Brandon Shores Condo Association
6150 N KENMORE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 412 tons
Lowest 19%
|
205 W. Wacker
205 W Wacker Dr
| Office | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 1,744 tons
Highest 27%
|
333 North Michigan
333 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 1,974 tons
Highest 23%
|
71215A STATE STREET Macy's
101 N State St E
| Retail Store | 5.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 33%
| 10,269 tons
Highest 2%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data