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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
WGN Studios
🚨
2501 W BRADLEY PL
| Office | 46.8 kg/sqft  #7 Highest
| 3,068 tons
Highest 14%
|
|
Cummings Life Science Center
🕰️
920 E 58th St
| Laboratory | 45.3 kg/sqft | 7,816 tons |
|
Whole Foods KBS
🚨
1550 N Kingsbury St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 45.0 kg/sqft #8 Highest
| 3,368 tons
Highest 11%
|
|
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 |
|
William Eckhardt Research Center
🚨
📷
(UChicago)
5640 S ELLIS AVE
| Laboratory | 40.9 kg/sqft #9 Highest
| 11,639 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
Peck
🕰️
5821 S Drexel Ave
| Laboratory | 40.4 kg/sqft | 5,044 tons |
|
Gordon Center for Integrative Science (GCIS)
🚨
📷
(UChicago)
929 E 57th St
| Laboratory | 40.0 kg/sqft #10 Highest
| 19,164 tons #16 Highest
|
|
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 #11 Highest
| 2,063 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
Pete's Pulaski
🚩
4343 S Pulaski Rd
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 33.4 kg/sqft #12 Highest
| 1,869 tons
Highest 25%
|
|
Whole Foods
🚩
3201 N ASHLAND AVE
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 32.8 kg/sqft #13 Highest
| 2,692 tons
Highest 16%
|
|
320 E Superior Street
🚩
(Northwestern)
320 E Superior Street
| Laboratory | 32.5 kg/sqft #14 Highest
| 6,075 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
Carlson
🕰️
949 E 58th St
| Laboratory | 32.4 kg/sqft | 2,169 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data