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.) |
---|---|---|---|
MMS - Chicago - 171 W Oak Street
141 173 W OAK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 1,303 tons
Highest 36%
|
1912 - NORTH AVENUE
1232 W North Ave
| Retail Store | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 1,320 tons
Highest 35%
|
1974 - ARMITAGE / CICERO
1919 N Cicero Ave
| Retail Store | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 936 tons
Highest 48%
|
HRTL - Harvest Commons: 1519 W Warren Blvd
1519 1525 W WARREN BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 407 tons
Lowest 18%
|
Carmen Marine Cooperative
5030 N Marine Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 2,046 tons
Highest 22%
|
4600 N. Winchester
4600 4616 N WINCHESTER AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 395 tons
Lowest 18%
|
1000 N. LaSalle Apartments
1000 N LASALLE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 950 tons
Highest 47%
|
20 South Clark
20 S Clark St
| Office | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 3,662 tons
Highest 10%
|
181 West Madison
181 W Madison St
| Office | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 8,602 tons
Highest 3%
|
Hilton Chicago MM Suites
198 E Delaware Pl
| Hotel | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 2,488 tons
Highest 17%
|
Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School
(CPS)
4975 S Archer Ave
| K-12 School | 7.9 kg/sqft
Highest 29%
| 3,267 tons
Highest 12%
|
Jane Addams Elementary School
10810 S Avenue H
| K-12 School | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 481 tons
Lowest 25%
|
North & Pulaski
3949 W NORTH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 587 tons
Lowest 34%
|
132, Hyatt Place - Chicago/Downtown-The Loop
28 N FRANKLIN ST
| Hotel | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 1,351 tons
Highest 35%
|
5114 N Christiana Ave.
5114 N Christiana Ave
| College/University | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 570 tons
Lowest 33%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data