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.) |
---|---|---|---|
625 West Adams
625 W Adams St
| Office | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 2,079 tons
Highest 22%
|
Optima Signature
220 E Illinois St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 3,777 tons
Highest 10%
|
Glenmoor Manor
1041 1051 W Glenlake Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 235 tons
Lowest 4%
|
Klee Plaza at Six Corners Condominium
4015 N Milwaukee Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 405 tons
Lowest 18%
|
Peterson Lofts Condominium Association
523 S Plymouth Ct
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 355 tons
Lowest 13%
|
114 South Racine
114 S Racine Ave
| Office | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 405 tons
Lowest 18%
|
Myra Bradwell Communications Arts & Sciences ES
(CPS)
7726 S Burnham
| K-12 School | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 623 tons
Lowest 37%
|
Adlai E Stevenson Elementary School
(CPS)
8010 S Kostner Ave
| K-12 School | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 545 tons
Lowest 31%
|
Charles P Steinmetz College Preparatory HS
(CPS)
3030 N Mobile Ave
| K-12 School | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 1,694 tons
Highest 28%
|
680 North Lake Shore Drive
680 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 7,167 tons
Highest 4%
|
Superior At LaSalle Condominium Assoc
150 W SUPERIOR ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 772 tons
Lowest 45%
|
422 West Melrose
422 424 W MELROSE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 705 tons
Lowest 41%
|
Bishop Plaza, LLC
1422 1424 W 47TH ST
| Strip Mall | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 316 tons
Lowest 11%
|
Aston -CO (pt64)
200 E Illinios St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 2,447 tons
Highest 18%
|
3500 N Lake Shore
3500 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 4.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 13%
| 896 tons
Highest 49%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data