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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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.) |
---|---|---|---|
Parkview Towers Apartments
5110 S DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR
| Multifamily Housing | 7.6 kg/sqft
Highest 33%
| 864 tons
Lowest 50%
|
Autumn Green at Wright Campus
4239 N OAKPARK AVE
| Senior Living Community | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 962 tons
Highest 46%
|
Crown Center-ID#254166
(Loyola)
1001 1025 W Loyola Ave
| College/University | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 617 tons
Lowest 36%
|
1010 Lake Shore Drive
1010 N Lake Shore Drive
| Multifamily Housing | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 2,989 tons
Highest 14%
|
Benito Juarez Community Academy High School
(CPS)
2150 S Laflin St
| K-12 School | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 1,927 tons
Highest 24%
|
Walter Payton College Preparatory High School
(CPS)
1010 N Wells St
| K-12 School | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 1,622 tons
Highest 29%
|
Paul Revere Elementary School
(CPS)
1010 E 72nd St
| K-12 School | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 609 tons
Lowest 35%
|
Leif Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy
(CPS)
3600 W 5th Ave
| K-12 School | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 555 tons
Lowest 31%
|
8 S. Michigan LLC
8 S Michigan Ave
| Office | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 1,346 tons
Highest 35%
|
James Kilmer Condo Association
1560 N Sandburg Ter
| Multifamily Housing | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 5,617 tons
Highest 6%
|
Fourth Prairie Shores, LLC
2851 S King Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 2,168 tons
Highest 20%
|
Atwater Apartments
355 E Ohio St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 4,284 tons
Highest 8%
|
The Montrose (Pensacola) (ps49)
4334 N Hazel St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 3,341 tons
Highest 11%
|
227-Senior Suites-Belmont Cragin
6045 W GRAND AVE
| Senior Living Community | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 448 tons
Lowest 22%
|
Uptown Regency
5046 5052 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 34%
| 872 tons
Lowest 50%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data