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 From Large Buildings in 2022
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.
The latest year of data is from 2022, but we update the site regularly when new data is available, and some buildings may have failed to report that year, and only have older data available.
Additionally, note that all tons specified are metric tons.
| Name / Address | Primary Property Type |
GHG Intensity (kg CO2 eq./sqft) |
Total GHG Emissions (tons CO2 eq.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Skinner North / Schiller Middle -CPS
(CPS)
650 W Scott
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft 
Lowest 45%
| 423 tons
Lowest 19%
|
|
Audubon Elementary, John J - CPS
(CPS)
3500 N Hoyne Ave
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 443 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
Holmes Elementary -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
955 W Garfield Blvd
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft | 411 tons |
|
Lara Academy- CPS
(CPS)
4619 S Wolcott Ave
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 413 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
Banneker Elementary -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
6646 S Normal
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft | 394 tons |
|
Clissold Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
2330 W 110th Pl
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 383 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
Cather -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
2910 W Washington Blvd
| K-12 School | 6.1 kg/sqft | 320 tons |
|
John T. Richardson Library
(DePaul)
2350 N Kenmore Ave
| College/University | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 1,141 tons 
Highest 40%
|
|
707 W Sheridan Rd
707 W Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 615 tons
Lowest 35%
|
|
700 W Van Buren
700 W Van Buren
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 755 tons
Lowest 43%
|
|
Mary Hartwell Catherwood Apts
(CHA)
3920 - 3940 N Clark St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 1,466 tons
Highest 32%
|
|
Elizabeth Davis Apartments
(CHA)
440 N Drake Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 672 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
Alfreda Barnett Duster Apts
(CHA)
150 S Campbell Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 611 tons
Lowest 34%
|
|
The Chandler at Lakeshore East
450 E Waterside Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 2,909 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
Newberry Plaza Condominium Association
1030 N State St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
| 4,631 tons
Highest 7%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data