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(opens in a new tab). 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 / AddressPrimary 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
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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
- -
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)