All Buildings By Greenhouse Gas Intensity
These are the Chicago's benchmarked buildings that reported 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.
Note: Data From Large Buildings in 2023
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.”
The latest year of data is from 2023, 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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crown Hall
📷
🕰️
(Illinois Tech)
3360 S State Street
| College/University | 555.1 kg/sqft  | 30,139 tons |
|
Digital Lakeside
📷
🕰️
350 E Cermak
| Data Center | 142.1 kg/sqft | 173,706 tons |
|
CH1
🚨
📷
427 S. Lasalle`
| Data Center | 135.1 kg/sqft #1 Highest
| 21,620 tons #10 Highest
|
|
Hyde Park West Apartments
📷
🕰️
⚠️
5325 S. Cottage Grove Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 126.0 kg/sqft | 18,454 tons |
|
CHI1 - Chicago DC1
🚨
2800 S. Ashland Ave
| Data Center | 101.7 kg/sqft #2 Highest
| 48,295 tons #4 Highest
|
|
Digital Printer's Row
📷
🕰️
600 S Federal St
| Data Center | 93.5 kg/sqft | 17,324 tons |
|
Tech Business Center
📷
🕰️
(Illinois Tech)
3440 S Dearborn Street
| College/University | 89.3 kg/sqft | 12,570 tons |
|
Herman Hall
📷
🕰️
(Illinois Tech)
3241 S Federal Street
| College/University | 88.9 kg/sqft | 9,884 tons |
|
Shop & Save Market - Nagle
📷
🕰️
6312 N Nagle Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 83.7 kg/sqft | 5,584 tons |
|
Life Sciences Research Building
📷
🕰️
(Illinois Tech)
35 W 34th Street
| College/University | 80.7 kg/sqft | 8,317 tons |
|
6045 Kenwood Building
📷
🕰️
(UChicago)
6045 S Kenwood Ave
| Office | 79.7 kg/sqft | 7,900 tons |
|
Salem Baptist Church of Chicago
📷
🕰️
⚠️
10909 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Worship Facility | 78.0 kg/sqft | 7,160 tons |
|
601 West Polk
🚨
601 W Polk St
| Data Center | 70.6 kg/sqft #3 Highest
| 7,338 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
Keating Hall
📷
🕰️
⚠️
(Illinois Tech)
3040 S Wabash Avenue
| College/University | 69.5 kg/sqft | 3,694 tons |
|
Searle Chemistry Laboratory
🚨
📷
(UChicago)
5715-35 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 49.1 kg/sqft #4 Highest
| 4,203 tons
Highest 8%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data