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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4900 Marine Drive Condo
4900 N Marine Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 383 tons
Lowest 16%
|
Lazaro Cardenas Elementary School (South)
(CPS)
2524 S Central Ave
| K-12 School | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 285 tons
Lowest 8%
|
200 North Kenneth Apartments
4432 4444 W WEST END AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 222 tons
Lowest 4%
|
3740-3750 N. Pine Grove, LLC
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3740 N PINE GROVE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 178 tons
Lowest 2%
|
Fountainview Apartments
(CHA)
1333 1339 S INDEPENDENCE BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 293 tons
Lowest 9%
|
HighSchool_LeoHS
7901 S Sangamon St
| K-12 School | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 377 tons
Lowest 15%
|
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
4740 N Western Ave
| Mixed Use Property | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 208 tons
Lowest 3%
|
Dearborn Tower Condominium Association
1530 S State St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 2,532 tons
Highest 17%
|
901 W Jackson
901 W Jackson Blvd
| Office | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 188 tons
Lowest 2%
|
Fairbanks Lofts
900 902 S WABASH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 254 tons
Lowest 6%
|
Oakley Lofts Condominium Association
2300 2308 W DIVERSEY AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 168 tons
Lowest 1%
|
Yesteryear Condo Association
4211 4221 N PAULINA ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 266 tons
Lowest 6%
|
The Regent Condominium Association
190 E WALTON PL
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 315 tons
Lowest 11%
|
33 W. Huron Condominium Association
33 W HURON ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 625 tons
Lowest 37%
|
Mildred Court Condominium Association
2701 2711 N MILDRED AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 210 tons
Lowest 3%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data