Electrify Chicago

An independent tool for viewing City of Chicago building data

According to the 2022 Chicago Climate Action Plan(opens in a new tab), 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(opens in a new tab). 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.)
5346 5350 S CORNELL AVE
5346 5350 S CORNELL AVE
Multifamily Housing
3.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
479 tons
Lowest 24%
120 S Riverside Plaza
120 S Riverside Plz
Office
3.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
2,853 tons
Highest 15%
320 N SANGAMON ST
320 N SANGAMON ST
Office
3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
1,080 tons
Highest 43%
450 W BELMONT AVE
450 W BELMONT AVE
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
607 tons
Lowest 34%
Harding Court
4845-4859 N Harding
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
181 tons
Lowest 1%
811 Fulton
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803 W Fulton Market
Office
3.5 kg/sqft
230 tons
220 E Walton Pl
220 E Walton Pl
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
350 tons
Lowest 12%
2700 N Halsted St
2700 N Halsted St
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
296 tons
Lowest 8%
Lakeview Pointe Condominium
7736 7772 N Sheridan Rd
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
278 tons
Lowest 7%
Lyndale Place
2575 W Lyndale
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
292 tons
Lowest 8%
River North Commons CA
520 W Huron St
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
972 tons
Highest 46%
Burnham Park Plaza Condo
40 E 9th St
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
1,451 tons
Highest 33%
The New York Private Residences (242935)
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3660 N Lake Shore Dr
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
2,211 tons
Lake Street Lofts LLC
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900 910 912 W Lake St & 212 N Peoria St
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
376 tons
2336 N COMMONWEALTH AVE
2336 N COMMONWEALTH AVE
Multifamily Housing
3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
356 tons
Lowest 13%
Page 210 of 226 (Building #3136 to #3150)

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)