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.)
Lurie Children's Faculty Office Building 155 E Superior St	Office	13.4 kg/sqft Highest 6%	1,109 tons Highest 41%
533 E 33RD PL 533 E 33RD PL	Multifamily Housing	13.4 kg/sqft Highest 6%	1,441 tons Highest 33%
NMH Arkes Family Pavilion (Northwestern) 676 N St Clair St	Medical Office	13.4 kg/sqft Highest 6%	9,026 tons Highest 3%
Student Center 📷 (DePaul) 2250 N Sheffield Ave	College/University	13.3 kg/sqft Highest 7%	1,992 tons Highest 23%
Moody Bible Institute, Crowell Hall ⚠️ (Moody Bible) 820 N LaSalle St	College/University	13.3 kg/sqft Highest 7%	1,372 tons Highest 35%
Walmart Supercenter #5965 🕰️ 10900 S Doty Ave	Wholesale Club/Supercenter	13.3 kg/sqft	2,068 tons
Farragut Career Academy HS -CPS 🕰️ (CPS) 2345 S Christiana Ave	K-12 School	13.3 kg/sqft	4,781 tons
United Airlines Reservation Center ⚠️ 11555 W Touhy Ave	Office	13.2 kg/sqft Highest 7%	1,610 tons Highest 29%
1201 W Washington Blvd 1201 W Washington Blvd	Office	13.2 kg/sqft Highest 7%	734 tons Lowest 42%
Lake Meadows 6 500 E 33rd St	Multifamily Housing	13.2 kg/sqft Highest 7%	4,028 tons Highest 9%
Kindred Hospital Chicago North 2544 W Montrose Ave	Other - Specialty Hospital	13.1 kg/sqft Highest 7%	1,947 tons Highest 24%
Goodman Theatre 56 60 W Randolph St	Office	13.1 kg/sqft Highest 7%	665 tons Lowest 38%
22 W Washington St 22 W Washington St	Office	13.0 kg/sqft Highest 7%	6,123 tons Highest 5%
639 W GRACE ST 639 W GRACE ST	Multifamily Housing	13.0 kg/sqft Highest 7%	690 tons Lowest 39%
Regenstein Library 1100 E 57th St	Library	13.0 kg/sqft Highest 7%	7,855 tons Highest 4%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data