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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lathrop Elderly
2701 2741 N LEAVITT ST
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft 
Highest 41%
| 496 tons 
Lowest 26%
|
|
Diversey III LLC
424 W DIVERSEY PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 553 tons
Lowest 31%
|
|
Hampden Court Apartments
2740 2750 N HAMPDEN CT
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 439 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
Commonwealth Apartments LLC
2751 2765 N PINE GROVE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 714 tons
Lowest 42%
|
|
Warwick Allerton Hotel Chicago
136 148 E Huron St
| Hotel | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 2,108 tons
Highest 21%
|
|
10 South LaSalle Street
10 S LaSalle St
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 6,064 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
Chicago Transit Authority - 567 W Lake Street
567 W Lake St
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 3,025 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
225 West Washington
225 W Washington St
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 3,692 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
Michigan Plaza
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205 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 14,426 tons #35 Highest
|
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One North Wacker
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1 N Wacker Dr
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 11,315 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
71 South Wacker
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71 S Wacker Dr
| Office | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 11,756 tons #50 Highest
|
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231-Senior Suites-Garfield Ridge
5839 S HARLEM AVE
| Senior Living Community | 6.9 kg/sqft
Highest 42%
| 411 tons
Lowest 19%
|
|
Parker at Fulton Market
730 W COUCH PL
| Multifamily Housing | 6.9 kg/sqft
Highest 42%
| 1,750 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
824 West Superior Condominium Association
824 W Superior St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.9 kg/sqft
Highest 42%
| 453 tons
Lowest 22%
|
|
Delaware II LLC
25 E Delaware Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 6.9 kg/sqft
Highest 42%
| 733 tons
Lowest 43%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data