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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
New Englewood Terrace Apartments
6425 S Lowe
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft 
Lowest 25%
| 1,632 tons 
Highest 29%
|
|
23 W CHICAGO AVE
23 W CHICAGO AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 4,905 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
William Howard Taft High School - Academy
4071 N Oak Park Ave
| K-12 School | 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 656 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
Midpointe Apartments
4050 West 115th Street
| Multifamily Housing | 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 1,948 tons
Highest 24%
|
|
Wicker Park Connection
1640 W Division St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 728 tons
Lowest 42%
|
|
505 N. Green St.
🕰️
⚠️
505 N GREEN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 4.9 kg/sqft | 271 tons |
|
Homewood Suites by Hampton Inn
118 N JEFFERSON ST
| Hotel | 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 1,617 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
Columbus on the Park Condominium
🕰️
811 S Lytle
| Multifamily Housing | 4.9 kg/sqft | 958 tons |
|
Clinton Complex Condominium Association
📷
⚠️
500 S Clinton St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 1,634 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
Farcroft by the Lake
⚠️
1337 W Fargo Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 566 tons
Lowest 31%
|
|
Coastland Apartments., Inc.
🏆
2666 E 73rd St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 310 tons
Lowest 9%
|
|
223 W Erie St
223 W Erie St
| Office | 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 328 tons
Lowest 10%
|
|
Pilsen Comm Academy -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
1420 W 17th St
| K-12 School | 4.9 kg/sqft | 404 tons |
|
StSabina_School
🕰️
7801 S Throop St
| K-12 School | 4.9 kg/sqft | 357 tons |
|
Budlong Elementary, Lyman A -CPS
(CPS)
2701 W Foster Ave
| K-12 School | 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 23%
| 501 tons
Lowest 26%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data