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.) |
---|---|---|---|
6151 N Winthrop
6151 N Winthrop Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 459 tons
Lowest 23%
|
Highlands Tudor Manor (hg34)
7018 S Cregier Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 349 tons
Lowest 13%
|
Enola Dew
4623 W Galdys Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 299 tons
Lowest 9%
|
John F Eberhart Elementary School
(CPS)
3400 W 65th Place
| K-12 School | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 874 tons
Lowest 50%
|
North Lawndale College Prep - Christiana
(CPS)
1616 S Spaulding Ave
| K-12 School | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 733 tons
Lowest 43%
|
James G Blaine Elementary School
(CPS)
1420 W Grace St
| K-12 School | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 524 tons
Lowest 29%
|
Richard Edwards Elementary School
(CPS)
4815 S Karlov Ave
| K-12 School | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 842 tons
Lowest 48%
|
Friedrich L. Jahn Elementary of the Fine Arts
(CPS)
3149 N Wolcott Ave
| K-12 School | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 439 tons
Lowest 21%
|
Thomas J Waters Elementary School
(CPS)
4540 N Campbell Ave
| K-12 School | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 501 tons
Lowest 27%
|
Reside on Surf
425 W Surf St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 630 tons
Lowest 37%
|
Museum Tower Residences (251218)
1335 S Prairie Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 1,917 tons
Highest 24%
|
Winston Towers One
6933 N Kedzie Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 1,716 tons
Highest 28%
|
Hyde Park Bank
1515 - 1531 E 53rd St
| Office | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 842 tons
Lowest 48%
|
Windy City South LLC
2014 2036 S MICHIGAN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 744 tons
Lowest 44%
|
Reside on Clarendon
4157 N CLARENDON AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 332 tons
Lowest 12%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data