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.

3,852 Chicago buildings have submitted data and are ranked below. This doesn't include the 396 buildings that have never submitted data, since we have nothing to rank them by.

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.)
4443 W Chicago Ave ❌ 4443 W Chicago Ave	Commercial	-	-
537 W Drummond Pl ❌ 537 W Drummond Pl	Residential	-	-
Stephens Commons ❌ 833 W Wilson Ave	Residential	-	-
626 S Wabash Ave ❌ 626 S Wabash Ave	Commercial	-	-
4713 N Western Ave ❌ 4713 N Western Ave		-	-
21 N May St ❌ 21 N May St	Residential	-	-
801 W Belmont Ave ❌ 801 W Belmont Ave	Commercial	-	-
920 N Wells St ❌ 920 N Wells St		-	-
311 W Huron St ❌ 311 W Huron St		-	-
868 N Wells St ❌ 868 N Wells St	Residential	-	-
Ogden Commons ❌ 1325 S Washtenaw Ave		-	-
3928 N Lincoln Ave ❌ 3928 N Lincoln Ave		-	-
Cassidy on Canal ❌ 350 N Canal St	Residential	-	-
New Hampton Inn & Suites ❌ 710 S Seeley Ave	Commercial	-	-
1044 W Van Buren St ❌ 1044 W Van Buren St	Residential	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data