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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Michigan Avenue Associates LLC
2001 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 3,202 tons
Highest 12%
|
1251/1255 S. Michigan
1255 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 4,003 tons
Highest 9%
|
The Streeter - Village Green
345 E Ohio St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 5,084 tons
Highest 7%
|
00806-Brookdale Lake Shore Drive
2960 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 2,836 tons
Highest 14%
|
1111 N. Dearborn Apartments
1111 N. Dearborn St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 2,139 tons
Highest 21%
|
Kennedy Plaza BK, L.L.C.
3300 W Belmont Ave
| Strip Mall | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 502 tons
Lowest 27%
|
768 West Jackson, LLC
766 778 W JACKSON BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 365 tons
Lowest 14%
|
Wentworth Commons
11045 S WENTWORTH
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 446 tons
Lowest 22%
|
Kenwood Academy High School
(CPS)
5015 S Blackstone Ave
| K-12 School | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 1,775 tons
Highest 27%
|
One North State
1 N State St
| Office | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 5,369 tons
Highest 6%
|
135 S LaSalle Property LLC
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135 S LaSalle St
| Office | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 10,108 tons
Highest 2%
|
151 North Franklin
151 N Franklin St
| Office | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 6,190 tons
Highest 5%
|
515 North State
515 N STATE ST
| Office | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 4,916 tons
Highest 7%
|
Buena Shores
833 W BUENA AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 1,213 tons
Highest 38%
|
Lake Park Crescent Associates 1, LP
(CHA)
1061 E 41ST PL
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 696 tons
Lowest 41%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data