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.) |
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COakdale Towers
431 W OAKDALE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 534 tons
Lowest 30%
|
133 N Jefferson
565 W Randolph St
| Office | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 327 tons
Lowest 12%
|
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
2727 W WINONA ST
| Worship Facility | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 247 tons
Lowest 5%
|
6101 North Clark
6101 6111 N CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 207 tons
Lowest 3%
|
420 W. Grand Condo Association
420 W GRAND AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 456 tons
Lowest 23%
|
Madison
949 W MADISON
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 513 tons
Lowest 28%
|
The Altgeld Commons Lofts Condominium Association
2512 N BOSWORTH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 210 tons
Lowest 3%
|
THE GREENWOOD CONDOMINIUM
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4720 4726 S GREENWOOD AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 211 tons
Lowest 3%
|
Constellation Condominium Association
1555 N DEARBORN PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 499 tons
Lowest 27%
|
Sheridan Lakeside Condo Association
6245 6259 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 274 tons
Lowest 7%
|
2970 Lake Shore Drive
2970 N LAKE SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 540 tons
Lowest 30%
|
Silver Cloud Condominiums
5346 5350 S CORNELL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 9%
| 518 tons
Lowest 28%
|
5252
5252 S CORNELL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 1,268 tons
Highest 37%
|
Breckinridge House
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1442 E. 59th Street
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 195 tons
Lowest 2%
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Frances Larry Apartments
824 832 E 53rd St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 233 tons
Lowest 4%
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data