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.
If you're in Chicago,
write to your alderman to support the CABO!
Note: This data only includes buildings whose emissions are reported
under the
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance. According to the City βAs of 2016,
this list includes all commercial, institutional, and residential buildings larger than
50,000 square feet.β 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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Whole Foods KBS
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1550 N Kingsbury St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 35.2 kg/sqft #16 Highest
| 3,501 tons
Highest 11%
|
8794
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(Northwestern)
320 E Superior Street
| Laboratory | 33.9 kg/sqft #17 Highest
| 6,325 tons
Highest 5%
|
Pete's 118th
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3454 - 3620 E 118th St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 32.4 kg/sqft #18 Highest
| 1,752 tons
Highest 27%
|
Accelerator Building
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(UChicago)
5604 - 5620 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 31.8 kg/sqft #19 Highest
| 1,869 tons
Highest 25%
|
John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center
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(Illinois Tech)
10 W 32nd Street
| College/University | 31.4 kg/sqft #20 Highest
| 4,204 tons
Highest 9%
|
Cubs Office Building
π©
1101 W WAVELAND AVE
| Office | 30.9 kg/sqft #21 Highest
| 7,649 tons
Highest 4%
|
53100512--CHICAGO
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1615 S Clark St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 30.7 kg/sqft #22 Highest
| 1,899 tons
Highest 24%
|
Hinds Laboratory
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(UChicago)
5734 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 30.4 kg/sqft #24 Highest
| 3,998 tons
Highest 9%
|
Whole Foods EWR
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6009 N BROADWAY
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 30.4 kg/sqft #24 Highest
| 1,719 tons
Highest 28%
|
Pete's Madison
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2333 W Madison
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 30.3 kg/sqft #25 Highest
| 1,997 tons
Highest 23%
|
Pete's Cermak
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2526 W Cermak Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 30.0 kg/sqft #26 Highest
| 2,219 tons
Highest 20%
|
8846
π©
(Northwestern)
303 E Superior Street
| Laboratory | 29.6 kg/sqft #27 Highest
| 12,415 tons #47 Highest
|
2430 N Halsted
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2430 N Halsted St
| Laboratory | 29.2 kg/sqft #28 Highest
| 3,659 tons
Highest 10%
|
53100507--CHICAGO
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5353 N Elston Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 29.1 kg/sqft #29 Highest
| 1,836 tons
Highest 25%
|
04500- Chicago, IL
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1340 S CANAL ST
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 28.6 kg/sqft #30 Highest
| 2,045 tons
Highest 22%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data