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.
If you're in Chicago,
write to your alderman to support the CABO!
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.) |
---|---|---|---|
Lunt Lake Cooperative Apartments
1122-40 W Lunt Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 489 tons
Lowest 26%
|
222 E. Chestnut Condominium Association
222 E Chestnut
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 538 tons
Lowest 30%
|
Coastland Apartments, Inc.
2666 E 73rd St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 277 tons
Lowest 7%
|
Maria Saucedo Elementary Scholastic Academy
(CPS)
2850 W 24th Blvd
| K-12 School | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 1,291 tons
Highest 36%
|
Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts)
(CPS)
2714 W Augusta Blvd
| K-12 School | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 747 tons
Lowest 44%
|
520 W Huron
520 W Huron St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 1,229 tons
Highest 38%
|
3520 N Lake Shore Dr
3520 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 1,239 tons
Highest 38%
|
212 E. Condominium
212 E Cullerton St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 658 tons
Lowest 39%
|
372 West Ontario Street
372 W Ontario St
| Office | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 222 tons
Lowest 4%
|
555 Cornelia (251219)
555 W Cornelia Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 961 tons
Highest 47%
|
530 North Lake Shore Drive
530 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 2,251 tons
Highest 19%
|
3240 North Lake Shore Drive
3240 N LAKE SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 1,120 tons
Highest 41%
|
5514 S. Cornell Condominium Association Inc
5514 5524 S CORNELL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 243 tons
Lowest 5%
|
444 West St. James LLC
444 W SAINT JAMES PL
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 495 tons
Lowest 26%
|
714 -726 W. Waveland, LLC
714 N WAVELAND AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 14%
| 228 tons
Lowest 4%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data