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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Dream Town
🕰️
⚠️
4032 W. Madison St
| Office | 1.2 kg/sqft  | 103 tons |
|
104 S LAFLIN ST
🏆
104 S LAFLIN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 1.1 kg/sqft
#8 Lowest in Chicago*
| 70 tons
#3 Lowest in Chicago*
|
|
2130-2140 W Fulton
🕰️
⚠️
2130 2140 W Fulton St
| Office | 1.1 kg/sqft | 57 tons |
|
Prodigy Wood-CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
4511 S EVANS AVE
| K-12 School | 1.1 kg/sqft | 157 tons |
|
Cabrini Rowhomes
⚠️
(CHA)
900 N Hudson
| Multifamily Housing | 1.1 kg/sqft
#8 Lowest in Chicago*
| 819 tons
Lowest 47%
|
|
11414 S HALSTED ST
🕰️
11414 S HALSTED ST
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 1.0 kg/sqft | 66 tons |
|
2019 - 6900 S Crandon
🕰️
6900 S. Crandon Ave
| Senior Care Community | 1.0 kg/sqft | 127 tons |
|
Morgan Park United Methodist Church
🕰️
11030 S. Longwood Dr
| Worship Facility | 0.9 kg/sqft | 62 tons |
|
800 Clark
🏆
800 810 N CLARK ST
| Multifamily Housing | 0.9 kg/sqft
#7 Lowest in Chicago*
| 858 tons
Lowest 49%
|
|
Devon Executive
🕰️
4001 W Devon Ave
| Office | 0.9 kg/sqft | 47 tons |
|
ACE Technical Charter High School
🕰️
⚠️
(CPS)
5400 S State St
| K-12 School | 0.9 kg/sqft | 59 tons |
|
PowellStBrdg-CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
7765 S COLES AVE
| K-12 School | 0.8 kg/sqft | 80 tons |
|
318 West Adams Commercial Condo Assoc.
⚠️
318 W Adams St
| Office | 0.8 kg/sqft
#5 Lowest in Chicago*
| 133 tons
#16 Lowest in Chicago*
|
|
The Chicago Theatre
📷
⚠️
175 N State St
| Performing Arts | 0.8 kg/sqft
#5 Lowest in Chicago*
| 538 tons
Lowest 29%
|
|
6160 N Cicero
🕰️
6160 N CICERO AVE
| Office | 0.8 kg/sqft | 51 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data