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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Museum Park Tower 1 Condominium Association
1322 S Prairie Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft 
Highest 29%
| 2,208 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
307 S Sangamon St
307 S Sangamon St
| Office | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 578 tons 
Lowest 33%
|
|
530 W. Diversey
530 W DIVERSEY PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 401 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
619-645 East Woodland Park
619 645 E WOODLAND PARK
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 804 tons
Lowest 47%
|
|
TCB-Midway, LLC
5109 5151 S PULASKI RD
| Strip Mall | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 441 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
Canterbury Court Apartments
1220 N STATE PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 784 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
Halsted Flats
3740 N Halsted St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 1,811 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
4848 North Winthrop Avenue
4848 N Winthrop Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 1,977 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
DCFS
6201 S Emerald Dr
| Other - Public Services | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 636 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
Chicago Marriott Downtown
540 N Michigan Ave
| Hotel | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 7,460 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
Chicago Swissotel
323 E Wacker Dr
| Hotel | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 5,579 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
Wabash Building
425 S Wabash Ave
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 3,255 tons
Highest 12%
|
|
The Royalle Condominium Association
744 N CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 615 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
The 30 West Erie CA
30 W ERIE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 462 tons
Lowest 23%
|
|
PCC - Chicago
643 N Orleans St
| Office | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 425 tons
Lowest 20%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data