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.) |
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232-Senior Suites of Washington Heights
832 890 W 103RD ST
| Senior Living Community | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 472 tons
Lowest 24%
|
Belle Plaine Apartments
820 W Belle Plaine Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 1,714 tons
Highest 28%
|
The Van der Rohe
2933 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 1,391 tons
Highest 34%
|
DT Chicago Magnificent Mile, IL-SV
300 E Ohio St
| Hotel | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 3,054 tons
Highest 13%
|
Astor House
1340 N Astor St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 1,489 tons
Highest 32%
|
ARC at Old Colony (rt71)
407 415 S DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 1,435 tons
Highest 33%
|
CP2, LLC
225 W Hubbard St
| Other | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 394 tons
Lowest 17%
|
Dearborn Station
47 W Polk St
| Other | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 1,053 tons
Highest 43%
|
209 W. Jackson
209 W Jackson Blvd
| Office | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 1,187 tons
Highest 39%
|
228-Senior Suites of South Shore
2355 E 67TH ST
| Senior Living Community | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 515 tons
Lowest 28%
|
4880 Marine Drive Condominium
4880 N MARINE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 510 tons
Lowest 28%
|
1418 North Lake Shore Drive Condominium Association
1418 N LAKE SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 691 tons
Lowest 41%
|
540 W. Briar
532 542 W BRIAR PL
| Multifamily Housing | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 609 tons
Lowest 35%
|
Federal Railroad Retirement Board-City Benchmark
844 W Rush St
| Office | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 2,770 tons
Highest 15%
|
One Magnificent Mile
980 N Michigan Ave
| Mixed Use Property | 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 7,378 tons
Highest 4%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data