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.)
6000 N SHERIDAN RD ❌ 6000 N SHERIDAN RD		-	-
912 932 W GORDON TER ❌ 912 932 W GORDON TER		-	-
841 849 W CORNELIA AVE ❌ 841 849 W CORNELIA AVE		-	-
57F47-CHIRL-Residence Inn Chicago DTLoop ❌ 11 S. La Salle St.	Hotel	-	-
St. Edmund's Tower ❌ 6145 S MICHIGAN AVE		-	-
7465 S South Shore Dr ❌ 7465 S South Shore Dr	Residential	-	-
Jeffery Place Apartments ❌ 7235 7245 S Jeffery Blvd	Residential	-	-
7616 S South Shore Dr ❌ ⚠️ 7616 S South Shore Dr	Residential	-	-
7733 S South Shore Dr ❌ 7733 S South Shore Dr	Residential	-	-
7260 S South Shore Dr ❌ 7260 S South Shore Dr	Residential	-	-
825 835 W Cornelia Ave ❌ 825 835 W Cornelia Ave	Residential	-	-
4627 4637 S Drexel Blvd ❌ 4627 4637 S Drexel Blvd	Residential	-	-
Eastwood by the Lake ❌ 809 817 W Eastwood Ave	Residential	-	-
523 531 W Cornelia Ave ❌ 523 531 W Cornelia Ave	Residential	-	-
Veterans Square strip center & office bldg ❌ 4827 4855 N Milwaukee Ave	Commercial	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data