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.) |
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30 E. Division Condominium Association
30 E DIVISION ST
| Multifamily Housing | 8.0 kg/sqft
Highest 28%
| 577 tons
Lowest 33%
|
111 South Wacker
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111 S Wacker
| Office | 8.0 kg/sqft
Highest 28%
| 9,937 tons
Highest 2%
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350 North Orleans (Rivion LLC)
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350 N Orleans St
| Office | 8.0 kg/sqft
Highest 28%
| 15,074 tons #33 Highest
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Nicholas Senn High School
(CPS)
5900 N Glenwood Ave
| K-12 School | 8.0 kg/sqft
Highest 28%
| 2,336 tons
Highest 19%
|
29SA6-CHIGS-Sheraton Grand Chicago
301 E N Water St
| Hotel | 8.0 kg/sqft
Highest 28%
| 9,224 tons
Highest 3%
|
Algonquin #2
1606 E 50TH PL
| Multifamily Housing | 8.0 kg/sqft
Highest 28%
| 472 tons
Lowest 24%
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3755 at Oakwood Shores (Oakwood Shores 2C)
3753 3755 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 579 tons
Lowest 33%
|
The Montrevelle Condominium Association
520 N Halsted St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 873 tons
Lowest 50%
|
Saieh Hall for Economics
(UChicago)
5757 S University Ave
| College/University | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 1,217 tons
Highest 38%
|
Coleman Region 4 Offices
(CPS)
4655 S Dearborn St
| Office | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 783 tons
Lowest 46%
|
Alessandro Volta Elementary School
(CPS)
4950 N Avers Ave
| K-12 School | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 681 tons
Lowest 40%
|
Mary Gage Peterson Elementary School
(CPS)
5500 N CHRISTIANA
| K-12 School | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 774 tons
Lowest 45%
|
John Foster Dulles Elementary School
(CPS)
6311 S Calumet Ave
| K-12 School | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 561 tons
Lowest 32%
|
Pablo Casals Elementary School
(CPS)
3501 W Potomac Ave
| K-12 School | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 525 tons
Lowest 29%
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1111 S. Wabash Condominium Association
1111 S Wabash Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 3,172 tons
Highest 12%
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data