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.)
North Shore Baptist Church
🕰️
5244 N Lakewood Ave
Worship Facility
3.2 kg/sqft
162 tons
Cosmopolitan Lofts Condominium Association
1133 1137 S WABASH AVE
Multifamily Housing
3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
323 tons
Lowest 10%
Smith Park Commons Condominium Association
🕰️
2455 W. Ohio St.
Multifamily Housing
3.2 kg/sqft
311 tons
Emmanuel Baptist Church
🕰️
8301 S Damen Ave
Worship Facility
3.2 kg/sqft
240 tons
6200 6248 N CLARK ST
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6200 6248 N CLARK ST
Multifamily Housing
3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
639 tons
Lowest 36%
EuroFurniture
🕰️
2145 W Grand Ave
Retail Store
3.2 kg/sqft
220 tons
1300 Dearborn
🕰️
1300 1310 N DEARBORN ST
Retail Store
3.2 kg/sqft
191 tons
1733 1735 W IRVING PARK RD
1733 1735 W IRVING PARK RD
Multifamily Housing
3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
295 tons
Lowest 8%
2444 2458 N LAKEVIEW AVE
2444 2458 N LAKEVIEW AVE
Multifamily Housing
3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
310 tons
Lowest 9%
190 E WALTON PL
190 E WALTON PL
Multifamily Housing
3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
305 tons
Lowest 9%
4401-09 N. Malden St.
🕰️
4401-09 N. Malden St.
Multifamily Housing
3.2 kg/sqft
160 tons
Blue Moon Lofts
215 N. Aberdeen St.
Multifamily Housing
3.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
261 tons
Lowest 5%
Moser Building Condominium Association
621 S Plymouth Ct
Multifamily Housing
3.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
442 tons
Lowest 20%
1812-1840 Hubbard St
1812 - 1840 W Hubbard St
Mixed Use Property
3.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
374 tons
Lowest 14%
Wadsworth-CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
6420 S UNIVERSITY AVE
K-12 School
3.1 kg/sqft
392 tons
Page 215 of 226 (Building #3211 to #3225)

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