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.
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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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
The Barry Condominium, Inc.
3100 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft 
Lowest 25%
| 891 tons 
Highest 49%
|
|
Park Boulevard IIA - 3622 S State
3622 S STATE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 498 tons
Lowest 27%
|
|
Shakespeare Building Corporation
2236 2296 N LINCOLN PARK WEST AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 487 tons
Lowest 26%
|
|
Cornerstone Apartments
652 E 50TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 363 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
Snell-Hitchcock
5709 S ELLIS AVE
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 379 tons
Lowest 16%
|
|
212 West Superior Street
210 222 W Superior St
| Office | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 469 tons
Lowest 24%
|
|
EnV Chicago
161 W Kinzie St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 2,005 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
Coast at Lakeshore East
345 E Wacker Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 2,948 tons
Highest 14%
|
|
C4901DRE (22116)
4901 4913 S DREXEL BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 437 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
4420 N Clark Condominium Association
4418 4424 N CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 271 tons
Lowest 7%
|
|
The Legacy HB at Clarendon Park
4520 N CLARENDON AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 404 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
3950 W Bryn Mawr
3950 W BRYN MAWR AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 308 tons
Lowest 10%
|
|
Parkshore Cooperative
1755 E 55TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 943 tons
Highest 47%
|
|
233 E Walton Place Building
233 E Walton Place
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 360 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
14 West Elm Apartments
12 18 W ELM ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
| 651 tons
Lowest 39%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data