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.) |
---|---|---|---|
287 - Home2 Suites - Chicago River North
110 W Huron St
| Hotel | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 1,243 tons
Highest 38%
|
Damen Student Center-ID#254161
(Loyola)
6511 N Sheridan Rd
| College/University | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 1,129 tons
Highest 41%
|
O'Hare Building 804 (Aviation Administration Building)
10510 W Zemke Rd
| Office | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 1,749 tons
Highest 27%
|
ENGLEWOOD HEALTH CENTER
(Chicago)
641 W 63rd St
| Outpatient Rehabilitation/Physical Therapy | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 568 tons
Lowest 33%
|
The Renaissance at 87th St
2940 W 87TH ST
| Senior Living Community | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 705 tons
Lowest 41%
|
401 South Clinton
401 S Clinton St
| Office | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 1,723 tons
Highest 27%
|
The Maxwell BU#21157
1100 S Canal St
| Strip Mall | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 2,511 tons
Highest 17%
|
The Loftrium
815 823 S WABASH AVE
| Office | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 1,004 tons
Highest 45%
|
ECD Streeterville Hotel LLC
216 E ONTARIO ST
| Hotel | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 933 tons
Highest 48%
|
Scholars Corner Apartments
5100 5110 S CORNELL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 632 tons
Lowest 37%
|
Mark Twain Hotel
101 113 W DIVISION ST
| Multifamily Housing | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 611 tons
Lowest 35%
|
Rachel Carson Elementary School
(CPS)
5516 S Maplewood Ave
| K-12 School | 10.4 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 1,431 tons
Highest 33%
|
11 East Adams LLC
11 E Adams St
| Office | 10.4 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 1,672 tons
Highest 28%
|
Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
(CPS)
3807 W 111th St
| K-12 School | 10.4 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 1,994 tons
Highest 23%
|
South Sauganash Condo Assoc (6000-6038 N. Cicero Ave.)
6000 6038 N CICERO AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 10.4 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 2,339 tons
Highest 18%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data