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.) |
---|---|---|---|
The Brownstone Condominium Association
1440 N STATE PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 929 tons
Highest 48%
|
O.P.LLC/Orleans Plaza
351 W Hubbard St
| Office | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 1,782 tons
Highest 26%
|
Sovereign- ID#174155
1040 W GRANVILLE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 1,301 tons
Highest 36%
|
IL0032ZZ-CHICAGO CUSTOMHOUSE
610 S Canal St
| Courthouse | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 2,588 tons
Highest 16%
|
Ascension Stone Professional Office Building
2800 - 2812 N Sheridan Rd
| Medical Office | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 896 tons
Highest 49%
|
Teresa Roldan Apartment on Paseo Boricua
1154 N CAMPBELL
| Multifamily Housing | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 487 tons
Lowest 26%
|
Headquarters
547 W Jackson Blvd
| Office | 9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 3,246 tons
Highest 12%
|
Old Town Park - Phase 1
1140 N Wells St
| Multifamily Housing | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 2,860 tons
Highest 14%
|
Richard J Daley Elementary Academy
(CPS)
5024 S Wolcott Ave
| K-12 School | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 676 tons
Lowest 40%
|
30 E Elm
30 E ELM ST
| Multifamily Housing | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 819 tons
Lowest 47%
|
LEARN Charter School Herro Family Campus
3021 W Carroll Ave
| K-12 School | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 965 tons
Highest 46%
|
St. Peter's Church
110 W Madison St
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 631 tons
Lowest 37%
|
CHICAGO WEST LOOP (2781)
1101 W Jackson Blvd
| Retail Store | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 1,560 tons
Highest 30%
|
72 E 11th St
72 E 11th St
| College/University | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 613 tons
Lowest 36%
|
Delaware Place Private Res
875 N DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 1,377 tons
Highest 34%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data