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 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.)
Damen Marketplace ❌ 2455 S Damen Ave	Commercial	-	-
Sylvia Center ❌ 4615 N Clifton Ave	Residential	-	-
6236-44 S King Dr ❌ 6236-44 S King Dr	Residential	-	-
Lake Shore Hospitality Inc ❌ 4900 S Lake Shore Dr	Residential	-	-
THE CENTER of Englewood ❌ 838 W Marquette Rd	Other	-	-
Peabody Elementary, Elizabeth ❌ 1440 W AUGUSTA		-	-
Burnham Mathematics And Science Academy -CPS ❌ (CPS) 1903 E 96th St	K-12 School	-	-
Robeson HS -CPS ❌ (CPS) 6821 S Normal		-	-
Ross Elementary (Cockrell Cpc) -CPS ❌ (CPS) 6059 S Wabash Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Sizemore - Shabazz Charter ❌ 1540 W 84th St	K-12 School	-	-
Albany Square ❌ 4445 N PULASKI RD		-	-
Yale -CPS ❌ (CPS) 7025 S Princeton Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Pope Elementary, Nathaniel -CPS ❌ (CPS) 1852 S Albany Ave		-	-
Chicago Waldorf School ❌ (CPS) 5200 N Ashland Ave	K-12 School	-	-
KIPP Academy Chicago Primary ❌ 116 N Leclaire Ave	Municipal	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data