Electrify Chicago
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.
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Chicago Buildings by Greenhouse Gas Intensity
Note: Data only includes large Chicago buildings from 2021, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
122 Property LLC
122 S Michigan Ave
| Office | 8.5 kg/sqft 
Highest 23%
| 4,369 tons
Highest 8%
|
|
303 E. Wacker
303 E Wacker
| Office | 8.5 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 8,594 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
Central States
8647 W Higgins Road
| Office | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 1,248 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Gateway West Loop
11 S Green St
| Multifamily Housing | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 1,121 tons
Highest 41%
|
|
118 S Clinton
118 S Clinton St
| Office | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 664 tons 
Lowest 39%
|
|
Parish_QuigleyCenter
835 N Rush St
| Office | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 705 tons
Lowest 42%
|
|
Ariel Elementary Community Academy
(CPS)
1119 E 46th St
| K-12 School | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 1,240 tons
Highest 38%
|
|
Pulaski International School of Chicago
(CPS)
2230 W Mclean Ave
| K-12 School | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 871 tons
Lowest 50%
|
|
Charles G Hammond Elementary School
(CPS)
2819 W 21st Pl
| K-12 School | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 499 tons
Lowest 27%
|
|
30 East Huron Condominium Association
30 40 E Huron St
| Multifamily Housing | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 4,664 tons
Highest 8%
|
|
Kinzie Park Tower Condominium Association
501 N Clinton St
| Multifamily Housing | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 2,453 tons
Highest 17%
|
|
Winston Towers II
6833 N Kedzie Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 2,202 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
T2613 - Chicago Division
1200 N Larrabee St
| Commerce de détail | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 1,602 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
7000-7010 S. Pulaski Road
7000 7010 S Pulaski Rd
| Strip Mall | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 541 tons
Lowest 30%
|
|
Dwight Lofts
642 S Clark St
| Multifamily Housing | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 1,654 tons
Highest 28%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data