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.) |
---|---|---|---|
84SBJ-CHINO-Westin Chicago River North
320 N Dearborn Ave
| Hotel | 4.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 12%
| 1,843 tons
Highest 25%
|
4101-4113 N Kedzie Ave: 4113 North Kedzie Avenue
4101 4113 N KEDZIE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 12%
| 223 tons
Lowest 4%
|
1550 S Indiana
1550 S INDIANA AVE
| Mixed Use Property | 4.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 12%
| 377 tons
Lowest 15%
|
Churchview Manor & Supportive Living Apartments
2626 2644 W 63RD ST
| Senior Living Community | 4.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 12%
| 610 tons
Lowest 35%
|
Michigan Building Corporation
229 235 E LAKE SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 4.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 12%
| 396 tons
Lowest 18%
|
Roscoe Building
434 436 W ROSCOE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 12%
| 304 tons
Lowest 10%
|
424 West Oakdale Avenue
424 W OAKDALE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 12%
| 220 tons
Lowest 3%
|
Superior West Private Residences
101 W SUPERIOR ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 12%
| 465 tons
Lowest 24%
|
Auditorium Building
430 S Michigan Ave
| College/University | 4.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 12%
| 2,488 tons
Highest 17%
|
Blackstone Court LLC
5724 5734 S BLACKSTONE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 217 tons
Lowest 3%
|
Cityview Lofts
1259 N Wood Street
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 206 tons
Lowest 3%
|
Chantico Lofts
1061 W 16th Street
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 224 tons
Lowest 4%
|
The Paragon
1326 S Michigan Avenue
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 2,384 tons
Highest 18%
|
Gill Park Cooperative
810 W. Grace St.
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 927 tons
Highest 48%
|
Park Douglas Apartments
(CHA)
1235 S Washtenaw
| Multifamily Housing | 4.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 11%
| 275 tons
Lowest 7%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data