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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sunnyside Properties, LLC
840 W SUNNYSIDE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft 
Highest 44%
| 810 tons 
Lowest 47%
|
|
The Patricians
401 411 W FULLERTON PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 1,291 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
Lake Meadows 7
400 E 33rd St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 2,074 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
AMLI 900
900 S Clark St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 3,132 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
Hilliard Homes Phase II Limited Partnership (Family)
2030 S State St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 1,190 tons
Highest 39%
|
|
Lakeview East Cooperative
707 W Waveland Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 1,597 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
1350-60 N LSD
1350 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 4,975 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
Illinois Institute of Technology- DTC
(Illinois Tech)
565 W Adams St
| College/University | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 1,932 tons
Highest 24%
|
|
Folio Square Condominium Association
124 W POLK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 730 tons
Lowest 43%
|
|
One East 15th Place Condominium
1529 S STATE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 1,275 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Plaisance Apartments
6104 6110 S WOODLAWN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 389 tons
Lowest 17%
|
|
MooGoong Terrace
4848 N KEDZIE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 377 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
1415 North Dearborn Condominium Association
1415 N DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 877 tons
Lowest 50%
|
|
Wrightwood II LLC
443 447 W WRIGHTWOOD AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 616 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
Dearborn Plaza
(CHA)
1030 1032 N DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 538 tons
Lowest 30%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data