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 2023
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 2023, 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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
10252-KBS Kingsbury SO.
🚨
1550 N. Kingsbury St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 47.4 kg/sqft  #5 Highest
| 3,548 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
BSLC
🕰️
924 E 57th St
| Laboratory | 47.2 kg/sqft | 8,296 tons |
|
WGN Studios
🕰️
2501 W BRADLEY PL
| Office | 46.8 kg/sqft | 3,068 tons |
|
Cummings Life Science Center
🕰️
920 E 58th St
| Laboratory | 45.3 kg/sqft | 7,816 tons |
|
SBRI
🕰️
5812 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 43.7 kg/sqft | 9,374 tons |
|
Armour
🕰️
950 E 59TH
| Laboratory | 43.7 kg/sqft | 2,834 tons |
|
KCBD
🕰️
900 E. 57th St
| Laboratory | 42.9 kg/sqft | 16,175 tons |
|
Gordon Center for Integrative Science (GCIS)
🚨
📷
(UChicago)
929 East 57th Street
| Laboratory | 41.1 kg/sqft #6 Highest
| 19,721 tons #15 Highest
|
|
Peck
🕰️
5821 S Drexel Ave
| Laboratory | 40.4 kg/sqft | 5,044 tons |
|
William Eckhardt Research Center (ERC)
🚨
📷
(UChicago)
5640 S. Ellis Ave.
| Laboratory | 39.4 kg/sqft #7 Highest
| 11,216 tons #46 Highest
|
|
53100527--CHICAGO
🚨
2021 W Chicago Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 37.8 kg/sqft #8 Highest
| 2,079 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
MetraMarket of Chicago
🕰️
118 N. Canal Street
| Mixed Use Property | 37.4 kg/sqft | 2,350 tons |
|
McGowan North
📷
🕰️
(DePaul)
2325 N Clifton Ave
| College/University | 36.8 kg/sqft | 2,063 tons |
|
Pete's Pulaski
🚨
4343 S. Pulaski
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 34.6 kg/sqft #9 Highest
| 1,937 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
Hinds Laboratory
🚨
📷
(UChicago)
5734 South Ellis Avenue
| Laboratory | 34.3 kg/sqft #10 Highest
| 4,508 tons
Highest 7%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data