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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Saucedo Elementary Academy - CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
2850 W 24th Blvd
| K-12 School | 5.1 kg/sqft 
Lowest 26%
| 1,502 tons 
Highest 31%
|
|
Talcott Fine Arts And Museum Academy -CPS
🕰️
⚠️
(CPS)
1840 W Ohio St
| K-12 School | 5.1 kg/sqft | 649 tons |
|
StClement_School
🕰️
⚠️
642 W Deming Pl
| K-12 School | 5.1 kg/sqft | 383 tons |
|
StAlphonsus_School
🕰️
1439 W Wellington Ave
| K-12 School | 5.1 kg/sqft | 278 tons |
|
Bateman Elementary, Newton -CPS
(CPS)
4200 N Richmond St
| K-12 School | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 26%
| 780 tons
Lowest 45%
|
|
Bradwell Arts & Sciences Elementary -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
7726 S Burnham
| K-12 School | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 26%
| 727 tons
Lowest 42%
|
|
Manuel Perez Elementary -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
1241 W 19th St
| K-12 School | 5.1 kg/sqft | 523 tons |
|
John Whistler Elementary -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
11513 S Ada St
| K-12 School | 5.1 kg/sqft | 449 tons |
|
15th Place
⚠️
811 - 833 W 15th Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 26%
| 1,294 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Albany Terrace Apts
(CHA)
3030 W 21st Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 26%
| 1,332 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
Imperial Towers Condominium
🚩
4250 N Marine Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 26%
| 5,798 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
565 W Quincy
565 W Quincy St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 26%
| 1,951 tons
Highest 24%
|
|
Edgewater Beach Apartments Corporation
📷
5555 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 26%
| 3,148 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
5901 N SHERIDAN RD
5901 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 26%
| 1,226 tons
Highest 38%
|
|
240 N Ashland Ave
240 N Ashland Ave
| Office | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 26%
| 418 tons
Lowest 18%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data