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.)
1513 N WELLS ST ❌ 1513 N WELLS ST		-	-
Ivy Hotel Chicago ❌ 233 E Ontario St	Residential	-	-
Harper Center Apartments ❌ 5460 5470 S Harper Ave	Residential	-	-
1415 N Dayton St ❌ 1415 N Dayton St	Commercial	-	-
4812 4846 N Clark St ❌ 4812 4846 N Clark St	Residential	-	-
1818 1828 E 72ND ST ❌ 1818 1828 E 72ND ST		-	-
Ford City Office ❌ 7601 S Kostner Ave	Commercial	-	-
1130 S Wabash Ave ❌ 1130 S Wabash Ave	Office	-	-
3713 N SOUTHPORT AVE ❌ 3713 N SOUTHPORT AVE		-	-
5630 S MICHIGAN AVE ❌ 5630 S MICHIGAN AVE		-	-
7107 7129 S Bennett Ave ❌ 7107 7129 S Bennett Ave	Residential	-	-
550 WELLINGTON AVE ❌ 550 WELLINGTON AVE		-	-
5623 W Washington Blvd ❌ 5623 W Washington Blvd	Residential	-	-
7650 N Paulina St ❌ 7650 N Paulina St	Residential	-	-
3201 3219 W North Ave ❌ 3201 3219 W North Ave	Commercial	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data