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.) |
---|---|---|---|
Lake Terrace Condominium Association
7337 S SOUTH SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 2,203 tons
Highest 20%
|
The Townhouse Apartments
7022 S SOUTH SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 1,059 tons
Highest 43%
|
Fifth Praire Shores, LLC
2801 S King Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 2,351 tons
Highest 18%
|
The Westin Michigan Avenue
909 N Michigan Ave
| Hotel | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 4,426 tons
Highest 8%
|
57 63 W Grand Ave
57 - 63 W Grand Ave
| Office | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 637 tons
Lowest 38%
|
Midrise at Ike Sims Village
3333 W MAYPOLE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 633 tons
Lowest 37%
|
LaSalle Towers Condominium Association
1211 1217 N LASALLE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 464 tons
Lowest 24%
|
Chicago IL SCH
162 164 E ONTARIO ST
| Hotel | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 621 tons
Lowest 36%
|
1900 West Pratt LLC
1900 1912 W PRATT BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 393 tons
Lowest 17%
|
400 W. Superior
(Chicago)
400 W Superior St
| Office | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 1,058 tons
Highest 43%
|
Fordham Hall- ID# 103681
(Loyola)
6427-6455 N Sheridan Rd
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 924 tons
Highest 48%
|
203 North LaSalle
203 N LaSalle St
| Office | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 5,091 tons
Highest 7%
|
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St
| Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 1,935 tons
Highest 24%
|
101 North Wacker
101 N Wacker Dr
| Office | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 5,368 tons
Highest 6%
|
541 N Fairbanks
541 N Fairbanks
| Office | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 5,750 tons
Highest 6%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data