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.)
100 118 N Pulaski Rd ❌ 100 118 N Pulaski Rd	Residential	-	-
Greater Bethlehem Healing Temple Apostolic ❌ 12 S Oakley Blvd	Commercial	-	-
1828 S Wentworth Ave ❌ 1828 S Wentworth Ave	Residential	-	-
412 S Wells St ❌ 412 S Wells St	Residential	-	-
Third Baptist Church of Chicago ❌ 1551 W 95th St	Commercial	-	-
1443 1447 E 65th St ❌ 1443 1447 E 65th St	Residential	-	-
465 W Cermak Rd ❌ 465 W Cermak Rd	Commercial	-	-
Anixter Center ❌ 2032 N Clybourn	Commercial	-	-
929 E 103rd St ❌ 929 E 103rd St	Commercial	-	-
Salvation Army College of Officer Training ❌ 3539 N Halsted St	Residential	-	-
Pittsfield Building ❌ 55 E Washington St	Residential	-	-
The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Chicago, Magnificent ❌ ⚠️ 118 E Erie St	Multifamily Housing	-	-
Belmont Village Senior Living Lincoln Park ❌ 700 W Fullerton Ave	Commercial	-	-
4025 West Peterson Ave ❌ 4025 W Peterson Ave		-	-
Schulze Bakery (vacant) ❌ 40 E Garfield Blvd	Commercial	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data