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 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.”
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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2200 S Western Ave
2200 S Western Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 17.6 kg/sqft 
Highest 4%
| 1,143 tons
Highest 40%
|
|
Hicks
🕰️
970 E.59th St.
| Laboratory | 17.5 kg/sqft | 934 tons |
|
Wicker Park Commons 130910
🕰️
1279 N. Milwaukee Avenue
| Other - Mall | 17.5 kg/sqft | 918 tons |
|
Thorek Memorial Hospital
850 W Irving Park Rd
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 17.4 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 3,564 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
Chicago-Downtown/Lakefront Embassy Suite
🕰️
511 North Columbus Drive
| Hotel | 17.4 kg/sqft | 7,424 tons |
|
The MGI - MARS Global Services
🕰️
930 W Evergreen Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
| Office | 17.4 kg/sqft | 1,308 tons |
|
Standard Club of Chicago
🕰️
320 South Plymouth Court
| Social/Meeting Hall | 17.4 kg/sqft | 2,861 tons |
|
Ford City Mall - AMC Theater
7601 S Cicero Ave
| Movie Theater | 17.3 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,259 tons
Highest 38%
|
|
6130 N SHERIDAN RD
6130 N SHERIDAN RD
| Other - Specialty Hospital | 17.3 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,394 tons
Highest 34%
|
|
Robert J Stein Institute of Forensic Medicine
2121 W Harrison St
| Other - Public Services | 17.2 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,364 tons
Highest 35%
|
|
Block 37 (Retail)
🕰️
108 North State Street
| Enclosed Mall | 17.1 kg/sqft | 7,331 tons |
|
Kent Chemical Laboratory
1020 - 1024 E 58th St
| Laboratory | 17.0 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,018 tons
Highest 44%
|
|
U.S. Cellular Plaza - 8410 _ Goby LLC
8410 W Bryn Mawr Ave
| Office | 17.0 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 3,619 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
CLI
🕰️
5841 S Maryland Ave
| Laboratory | 16.9 kg/sqft | 2,858 tons |
|
St Bernard Hospital
326 West 64th St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 16.9 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 5,971 tons
Highest 5%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data