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.)
Peck Elementary-CPS (CPS) 3826 W 58th St	K-12 School	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	640 tons Lowest 36%
Lozano Bilingual Elementary -CPS 🕰️ (CPS) 1501 N Greenview Ave	K-12 School	5.4 kg/sqft	311 tons
Jamieson Elementary -CPS (CPS) 5650 N Mozart St	K-12 School	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	605 tons Lowest 34%
Jahn World Language -CPS (CPS) 3149 N Wolcott Ave	K-12 School	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	447 tons Lowest 21%
Gompers Fine Arts Option Elementary - CPS 🕰️ (CPS) 12302 S State St	K-12 School	5.4 kg/sqft	405 tons
Goodlow Elementary Magnet -CPS 🕰️ ⚠️ (CPS) 2040 W 62nd St	K-12 School	5.4 kg/sqft	362 tons
The Madison at Racine/1200 Madison Racine LLC 1164 W Madison	Multifamily Housing	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	1,356 tons Highest 35%
320 322 W OAKDALE AVE 320 322 W OAKDALE AVE	Multifamily Housing	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	712 tons Lowest 41%
State & Chestnut ⚠️ 845 N State St	Multifamily Housing	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	2,441 tons Highest 18%
1100 N. Lake Shore Condominium Association 🕰️ 1100 N LAKESHORE DR	Multifamily Housing	5.4 kg/sqft	1,239 tons
Sterling Private Residences 345 N LaSalle St	Multifamily Housing	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	3,815 tons Highest 10%
One One One Morgan 111 S Morgan St	Multifamily Housing	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	1,037 tons Highest 44%
525 Hawthorne Place Condominium Association 525 W Hawthorne Pl	Multifamily Housing	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	1,485 tons Highest 32%
Aqua 📷 ⚠️ 225 N Columbus Dr	Multifamily Housing	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	8,464 tons Highest 3%
5040-60 N Marine Dr 5040-5060 N Marine	Multifamily Housing	5.4 kg/sqft Lowest 31%	1,272 tons Highest 37%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data