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.
The City Of Chicago failed to collect $30 million in potential fines from the building benchmarking ordinance, reducing transparency and accountability.
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.) |
---|---|---|---|
2756-64 N. Pine Grove Ave.
2756 2760 N PINE GROVE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 813 tons
Lowest 47%
|
Catholic Theological Union - Academic and Conference Center
5416 S Cornell Ave
| College/University | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 616 tons
Lowest 36%
|
Chestnut Place Apartments
850 N State St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 1,563 tons
Highest 30%
|
1130 South Michigan
1130 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 4,345 tons
Highest 8%
|
Chestnut Tower (ch084)
121 W Chestnut St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 1,435 tons
Highest 33%
|
Clinton Street Lofts
226 N Clinton St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 859 tons
Lowest 49%
|
Monroe Building
104 S Michigan Ave
| Office | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 1,482 tons
Highest 32%
|
Burnham Station Condominium Association
61 W 15TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 757 tons
Lowest 44%
|
Burton-Judson Courts
(UChicago)
1005 E 60th St
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 1,227 tons
Highest 38%
|
Sheridan Point Condominiums
6325 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 946 tons
Highest 47%
|
607 Wrightwood Condominium Association
607 W WRIGHTWOOD AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 436 tons
Lowest 21%
|
The Park Astor Condominium
1515 N ASTOR ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 651 tons
Lowest 39%
|
Shoreline Park Condominium Association
4950 N Marine Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 2,355 tons
Highest 18%
|
300 West Adams
300 W Adams
| Office | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 1,777 tons
Highest 27%
|
513-519 W. Briar Pl.
513 519 W BRIAR PL
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 309 tons
Lowest 10%
|
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data