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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
The Oaks
820 S PARK TER
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft 
Lowest 45%
| 976 tons 
Highest 46%
|
|
360 W Hubbard Joint Venture LLC
360 W Hubbard St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 3,117 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
750 N. Rush
750 N Rush St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 1,999 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
1516 N State Pkwy Condo
1516 N STATE PKWY
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 654 tons
Lowest 39%
|
|
Realtor Building
430 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 1,734 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
O'Hare Plaza II
8755 W HIGGINS RD
| Office | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 1,600 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
Contemporaine Condominium Association
201 W Grand Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 595 tons
Lowest 34%
|
|
Webster Square Apartments
558 W WEBSTER AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 484 tons
Lowest 26%
|
|
Astor Banks Condominium Association
1321 1327 N ASTOR ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 340 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
One East Schiller Condominium Association
1 E SCHILLER ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 998 tons
Highest 45%
|
|
1339 North Dearborn Condominium Association
1339 N DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 639 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
Atrium Condominium Association
4101 4115 S MICHIGAN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 309 tons
Lowest 10%
|
|
Princeton House Condominium
5918 N KENMORE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 380 tons
Lowest 16%
|
|
Kenwin Venture LLLP
5220 5224 N KENMORE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 317 tons
Lowest 11%
|
|
515-523 W. Barry Ave.
515 523 W BARRY AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 361 tons
Lowest 14%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data