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.)
6800 S Normal Blvd ❌ 6800 S Normal Blvd	Residential	-	-
4633 4645 N Kedzie Ave ❌ 4633 4645 N Kedzie Ave	Residential	-	-
5233 5237 S Greenwood Ave ❌ 5233 5237 S Greenwood Ave	Residential	-	-
Joshua's Prayer House Coptic Temple ❌ 6855 S EMERALD ST		-	-
7834 7844 S Ellis Ave ❌ 7834 7844 S Ellis Ave	Residential	-	-
7200 12 S BENNETT ⚡ 🕰️ 7200 12 S BENNETT		-	-
Greenwood Village ❌ 3931 3959 W 104th St	Residential	-	-
5925 N Paulina St ❌ 5925 N Paulina St	Residential	-	-
7750 7752 S MUSKEGON AVE ❌ 7750 7752 S MUSKEGON AVE		-	-
8039 8045 S Manistee Ave ❌ 8039 8045 S Manistee Ave	Residential	-	-
5235 W Lake St ❌ 5235 W Lake St	Residential	-	-
1310 1316 E Hyde Park Blvd ❌ 1310 1316 E Hyde Park Blvd	Residential	-	-
7311 7339 S Cottage Grove Ave ❌ 7311 7339 S Cottage Grove Ave	Residential	-	-
809 E 40th St ❌ 809 E 40th St	Residential	-	-
608 E 51ST ST ❌ 608 E 51ST ST		-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data