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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Autumn Green at Midway Village
6700 S KEATING AVE
| Senior Living Community | 6.3 kg/sqft 
Lowest 47%
| 755 tons
Lowest 44%
|
|
222 West Hubbard Street
222 W Hubbard St
| Office | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 417 tons
Lowest 20%
|
|
Somerset Place Apartments
5009 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 1,009 tons 
Highest 45%
|
|
Times Square Apartments
869 W BUENA AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 891 tons
Highest 49%
|
|
The Wyndham
5230 5244 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 1,264 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
2430 Lake View Avenue Building Corporation
2430 N LAKEVIEW AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 752 tons
Lowest 44%
|
|
Las Moradas Apartments
1307 1325 N CALIFORNIA AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 411 tons
Lowest 19%
|
|
St Vincent Depaul
2145 N Halsted St
| Pre-school/Daycare | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 905 tons
Highest 49%
|
|
Lake View Towers
4550 N Clarendon Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 2,862 tons
Highest 14%
|
|
One11 West Illinois
111 W Illinois St
| Office | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 1,511 tons
Highest 31%
|
|
Sheridan Plaza
4601 4613 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 970 tons
Highest 46%
|
|
Belmont Apartments
510 W Belmont Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 1,771 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
The Warwick
1501 N STATE PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 1,140 tons
Highest 40%
|
|
2620 Washington Master Tenant, LLC
2620 W WASHINGTON BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 463 tons
Lowest 23%
|
|
Kingsbury Orleans LP
350 W Hubbard St
| Office | 6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 47%
| 968 tons
Highest 46%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data