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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Ritchie Tower Condominium
1310 N RITCHIE CT
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 1,332 tons
Highest 35%
|
Dearborn I LLC
1034 1038 N DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 525 tons
Lowest 29%
|
33 E Congress
33 E Congress Pkwy
| College/University | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 1,130 tons
Highest 41%
|
Inland Steel Building
30 W Monroe
| Office | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 2,184 tons
Highest 20%
|
Onni Van Buren Chicago LLC
550 W Van Buren
| Office | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 2,418 tons
Highest 18%
|
WASHINGTON FRANKLIN, LLC
309 W Washngton St
| Office | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 768 tons
Lowest 45%
|
200 West Jackson Boulevard Building
200 W Jackson Blvd
| Office | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 4,025 tons
Highest 9%
|
Accesso 230 W Monroe
230 W Monroe
| Office | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 4,947 tons
Highest 7%
|
222 S Riverside Plaza
222 S Riverside Plz
| Office | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 9,038 tons
Highest 3%
|
Two North Riverside Plaza
2 N Riverside Plz
| Office | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 5,434 tons
Highest 6%
|
233 North Michigan Avenue
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233 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 8,430 tons
Highest 3%
|
DePaul Center
(DePaul)
1 E Jackson Blvd
| College/University | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 5,096 tons
Highest 7%
|
1515 W Webster, LLC
1515 W Webster Avenue
| Office | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 1,557 tons
Highest 30%
|
Regis Hall-ID#254172
(Loyola)
6340 N Winthrop Ave
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 883 tons
Lowest 50%
|
The Bristol Condominium Association
57 E Delaware Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 3,521 tons
Highest 11%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data