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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
CA Condos on Adams
1116 W ADAMS ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft 
Lowest 23%
| 774 tons
Lowest 45%
|
|
Ellis Street Apartments
4721 4729 S Ellis St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 312 tons
Lowest 10%
|
|
18th Street Lofts
1801 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 336 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
HighSchool_StFrancisdeSalesHS
10155 S Ewing Ave
| K-12 School | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 463 tons
Lowest 23%
|
|
Hanson Park Elementary School
(CPS)
2301 N Central Ave
| K-12 School | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 499 tons
Lowest 27%
|
|
John Palmer Elementary School
(CPS)
5501 N Kenneth Ave
| K-12 School | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 628 tons
Lowest 37%
|
|
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
(CPS)
615 W Kemper Pl
| K-12 School | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 573 tons
Lowest 33%
|
|
333 N Jefferson Condo Association
333 N Jefferson St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 321 tons
Lowest 11%
|
|
Chicago Residential Inc
2440 N Lakeview Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 1,260 tons 
Highest 37%
|
|
One River Place Condominium Association
758 N Larrabee St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 1,811 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
Vue20 Condo Association
1845 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 1,238 tons
Highest 38%
|
|
Edgewater Beach Apartment Corporation
5555 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 3,077 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
1000 Condominium Association
1000 N Lake Shore Plz
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 2,008 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
Hampton House Condominiums
1715 1733 E 53RD ST
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 880 tons
Lowest 50%
|
|
Bellarmine Hall-ID#173888
(Loyola)
6628 N SHERIDAN RD
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 427 tons
Lowest 20%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data