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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2758 2768 N MILWAUKEE AVE
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⚠️
2758 2768 N MILWAUKEE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 2.3 kg/sqft 
Lowest 1%
| 181 tons
Lowest 2%
|
|
LZ Products
🕰️
2121 W 21st Street
| Wholesale Club/Supercenter | 2.3 kg/sqft | 163 tons |
|
Streeterville Center
📷
233 E ERIE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 2.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 1%
| 542 tons
Lowest 30%
|
|
SEELEY BUILDING
🕰️
4424 4432 N SEELEY AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 2.3 kg/sqft | 134 tons |
|
Tech Central
🕰️
3424 S State Street
| College/University | 2.2 kg/sqft | 180 tons |
|
343 W. Erie St
343 W. Erie St
| Office | 2.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 1%
| 277 tons
Lowest 6%
|
|
The Belden Stratford
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⚠️
2300 N Lincoln Park West
| Multifamily Housing | 2.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 1%
| 598 tons
Lowest 33%
|
|
Tech South
🕰️
3450 S State Street
| College/University | 2.1 kg/sqft | 170 tons |
|
7350 S. Phillips, LLC
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7350 S. Phillips
| Multifamily Housing | 2.1 kg/sqft | 232 tons |
|
4537 S DREXEL BLVD
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⚠️
4537 S DREXEL BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 2.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 1%
| 293 tons
Lowest 8%
|
|
Ogden Elementary - CPS
🏆
📷
(CPS)
24 W Walton St
| K-12 School | 2.0 kg/sqft
#30 Lowest in Chicago*
| 639 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
4235
🕰️
7050 S Pulaski
| Retail Store | 2.0 kg/sqft | 194 tons |
|
3222 W Maypole Ave
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3222 W Maypole Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 2.0 kg/sqft | 256 tons |
|
Michigan Avenue Gardens
🏆
1808 S Michigan
| Multifamily Housing | 1.9 kg/sqft
#28 Lowest in Chicago*
| 102 tons
#9 Lowest in Chicago*
|
|
4260 N BROADWAY ST
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📷
4260 N BROADWAY ST
| Multifamily Housing | 1.9 kg/sqft
#28 Lowest in Chicago*
| 236 tons
Lowest 4%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data