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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Martin Luther King Community Center
📷
(Chicago)
4314 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly | 12.2 kg/sqft 
Highest 8%
| 690 tons 
Lowest 39%
|
|
The Womens Treatment Center
🕰️
140 N Ashland Ave
| Residential Care Facility | 12.2 kg/sqft | 1,273 tons |
|
Courtyard Marriot
⚠️
30 E Hubbard St
| Hotel | 12.2 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 2,477 tons
Highest 18%
|
|
3594
🕰️
5050 S Kedzie Ave
| Retail Store | 12.2 kg/sqft | 1,452 tons |
|
Ascension St Elizabeth Professional Office Building
🕰️
1431 N Western Ave
| Medical Office | 12.1 kg/sqft | 860 tons |
|
The Private Residences at Ontario Place Condominiu
10 E Ontario St
| Multifamily Housing | 12.1 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 5,918 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
WTTW 11 - Main Campus
5400 N St Louis Ave
| Office | 12.1 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 2,206 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
The Clare
⚠️
55 E Pearson St
| Multifamily Housing | 12.1 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 7,570 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital
🕰️
4840 N. Marine Drive
| Other - Specialty Hospital | 12.1 kg/sqft | 619 tons |
|
Villa at Windsor Park
2649 E 75th St
| Senior Living Community | 12.1 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 1,183 tons
Highest 39%
|
|
Sherman Plaza
🕰️
161-205 W. 87th Street
| Other - Mall | 12.1 kg/sqft | 734 tons |
|
Block 37
🕰️
⚠️
108 N. State Street
| Multifamily Housing | 12.1 kg/sqft | 12,294 tons |
|
Marquette Building
🕰️
140 South Dearborn Street
| Office | 12.1 kg/sqft | 4,492 tons |
|
Ace Hotel Chicago
🕰️
311 N MORGAN ST
| Hotel | 12.0 kg/sqft | 1,541 tons |
|
Gilman Smith
🕰️
5835 S Drexel Ave
| Laboratory | 12.0 kg/sqft | 2,694 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data