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.)
Grant Campus -CPS 🕰️ (CPS) 145 S Campbell Ave	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft	906 tons
Burnside Scholastic Academy -CPS 🕰️ (CPS) 648 E 91st Pl	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft	693 tons
Henderson Elementary, CPS 🕰️ (CPS) 5640 S Wolcott	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft	452 tons
Air Force Academy (Abbott Elementary ) -CPS 🕰️ (CPS) 3630 S Wells St	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft	380 tons
Libby Elementary -CPS 🕰️ (CPS) 5300 S Loomis Blvd	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft	650 tons
Ebinger Elementary -CPS (CPS) 7350 W Pratt Ave	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 35%	524 tons Lowest 28%
Mitchell, Ellen -CPS (CPS) 2233 W Ohio St	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 35%	317 tons Lowest 10%
1150 West Fullerton Bldg 📷 (DePaul) 1150 W Fullerton Ave	College/University	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 35%	293 tons Lowest 8%
100 E Huron CA ⚠️ 100 E Huron St	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 35%	2,822 tons Highest 15%
Burley & 92nd Centre 9230 S Burley Ave	Senior Living Community	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 35%	810 tons Lowest 47%
325 N Wells St 325 N Wells St	College/University	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 35%	863 tons Lowest 49%
5000 East End Condominium Association 5000 S East End Ave	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 35%	1,319 tons Highest 36%
1720 South Michigan Condominium Association 1720 S Michigan Ave	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 35%	2,960 tons Highest 14%
The 400 Condominium Association 🚩 400 E Randolph St	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 35%	6,188 tons Highest 5%
3150 CA 🕰️ 3150 N Lake Shore Dr	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft	2,770 tons

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data