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 2022
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 2022, 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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Incubator Building
📷
🕰️
(Illinois Tech)
55 W 34th Street
| College/University | 11.7 kg/sqft  | 846 tons  |
|
2710 N. Clark St
2710 N. Clark St
| Senior Living Community | 11.7 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 585 tons
Lowest 32%
|
|
Ambulatory Care Center, St. Bernard Hospital
6307 S STEWART AVE
| Medical Office | 11.7 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 778 tons
Lowest 44%
|
|
Walmart Supercenter #5617
🕰️
4626 W Diversey Ave
| Wholesale Club/Supercenter | 11.7 kg/sqft | 1,360 tons |
|
Latin School of Chicago Upper School
🕰️
59 W. North BLVD
| K-12 School | 11.7 kg/sqft | 1,780 tons |
|
Hyde Park Tower
5140 S Hyde Park Blvd
| Multifamily Housing | 11.7 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 1,683 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
(ILCH1212) - Park Michigan [external]
⚠️
1212 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 11.7 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 2,797 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
Blackhawk and Hallstead
🕰️
1460 N Halsted St
| Mixed Use Property | 11.7 kg/sqft | 2,618 tons |
|
Symphony of Chicago West
5130 W JACKSON BLVD
| Senior Living Community | 11.7 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 1,295 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
860 N DEWITT PL
🕰️
860 N DEWITT PL
| Multifamily Housing | 11.7 kg/sqft | 1,455 tons |
|
The Hoxton
200 N Green St
| Hotel | 11.6 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 1,779 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
Virgin Hotels Chicago
🕰️
203 209 N WABASH AVE
| Hotel | 11.6 kg/sqft | 2,299 tons |
|
217 221 N JEFFERSON ST
217 221 N JEFFERSON ST
| Office | 11.6 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 676 tons
Lowest 39%
|
|
IIT Research Tower
📷
🕰️
(Illinois Tech)
10 W 35th Street
| College/University | 11.5 kg/sqft | 4,529 tons |
|
Danny Cerero
🕰️
161 W 9th St
| K-12 School | 11.5 kg/sqft | 872 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data