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.) |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Briar CA
433 W BRIAR PL
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 256 tons
Lowest 6%
|
120 South Riverside Plaza
120 S Riverside Plz
| Office | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 3,023 tons
Highest 14%
|
450 W Belmont (wb008)
450 W BELMONT AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 634 tons
Lowest 38%
|
The Residences at the Eagle Building
3833 N Broadway
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 633 tons
Lowest 37%
|
Hyde Park Courtway
4816 4828 S Dorchester Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 260 tons
Lowest 6%
|
THC Lyndale Limited Partnership
2575 W Lyndale
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 310 tons
Lowest 10%
|
Whitmore Apartments
421 S Central Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 257 tons
Lowest 6%
|
Friedrich W von Steuben Metropolitan Science HS
(CPS)
5039 N Kimball Ave
| K-12 School | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 923 tons
Highest 48%
|
Park Alexandria Condominium Association
125 S Jefferson St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 1,555 tons
Highest 30%
|
IL2125ZZ-QUINCY COURT BLDG
11 W Quincy Ct
| Office | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 451 tons
Lowest 22%
|
Central Park Apartments
4501 N CENTRAL PARK AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 185 tons
Lowest 2%
|
3525 W. Peterson Avenue
3525 W Peterson Ave
| Office | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 214 tons
Lowest 3%
|
Kass Management Services, Inc. (5123-5135 S. University Ave.)
5123 5135 S UNIVERSITY AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 214 tons
Lowest 3%
|
Trio-Abacus
670 W Wayman St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 1,023 tons
Highest 44%
|
2336 N Commonwealth Ave
2336 N COMMONWEALTH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 373 tons
Lowest 15%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data