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.)
Infinite Chicago
🏆
28 E Jackson Blvd
Multifamily Housing
1.3 kg/sqft
#11 Lowest in Chicago*
286 tons
Lowest 7%
Cassidy Tire
🕰️
344 N Canal St
Repair Services (Vehicle, Shoe, Locksmith, etc.)
1.3 kg/sqft
103 tons
Franklin Blvd Partners, LLC
🕰️
3515 W Franklin Blvd
Multifamily Housing
1.3 kg/sqft
119 tons
MAYNARD AT ELAINE PLACE - CLK
🕰️
3426 N Elaine Place
Multifamily Housing
1.2 kg/sqft
368 tons
33 S Ashland Ave
🏆
33 S Ashland Ave
Multifamily Housing
1.2 kg/sqft
#10 Lowest in Chicago*
79 tons
#4 Lowest in Chicago*
Dream Town
🕰️
4032 W. Madison St
Office
1.2 kg/sqft
103 tons
104 S LAFLIN ST
🏆
104 S LAFLIN ST
Multifamily Housing
1.1 kg/sqft
#8 Lowest in Chicago*
70 tons
#3 Lowest in Chicago*
2130-2140 W Fulton
🕰️
2130 2140 W Fulton St
Office
1.1 kg/sqft
57 tons
Prodigy Wood-CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
4511 S EVANS AVE
K-12 School
1.1 kg/sqft
157 tons
Cabrini Rowhomes
🏆
(CHA)
900 N Hudson
Multifamily Housing
1.1 kg/sqft
#8 Lowest in Chicago*
819 tons
Lowest 47%
11414 S HALSTED ST
🕰️
11414 S HALSTED ST
Supermarket/Grocery Store
1.0 kg/sqft
66 tons
2019 - 6900 S Crandon
🕰️
6900 S. Crandon Ave
Senior Care Community
1.0 kg/sqft
127 tons
Morgan Park United Methodist Church
🕰️
11030 S. Longwood Dr
Worship Facility
0.9 kg/sqft
62 tons
800 Clark
🏆
800 810 N CLARK ST
Multifamily Housing
0.9 kg/sqft
#7 Lowest in Chicago*
858 tons
Lowest 49%
Devon Executive
🕰️
4001 W Devon Ave
Office
0.9 kg/sqft
47 tons
Page 224 of 226 (Building #3346 to #3360)

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