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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hinds Laboratory
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📷
(UChicago)
5734 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 32.3 kg/sqft  #15 Highest
| 4,237 tons
Highest 9%
|
|
John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center
🕰️
(Illinois Tech)
10 W 32nd Street
| College/University | 31.4 kg/sqft | 4,204 tons |
|
4700 N MARINE DR
🕰️
⚠️
4700 N MARINE DR
| Medical Office | 31.1 kg/sqft | 4,594 tons |
|
53100512--CHICAGO
🕰️
1615 S Clark St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 30.7 kg/sqft | 1,899 tons |
|
Jewel Osco, 03470-Elston & Addison
⚠️
3570 N Elston Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 30.6 kg/sqft #16 Highest
| 1,683 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
Pete's Madison
🚩
2333 W Madison
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 30.4 kg/sqft #17 Highest
| 2,007 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
CCD
🕰️
5700 S Maryland Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 30.2 kg/sqft | 36,452 tons |
|
6009 N BROADWAY
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6009 N BROADWAY
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 29.9 kg/sqft #18 Highest
| 1,670 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
Pete's 118th
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3454 - 3620 E 118th St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 29.6 kg/sqft #19 Highest
| 1,598 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
Pete's Cermak
🚩
2526 W Cermak Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 29.5 kg/sqft #20 Highest
| 2,186 tons
Highest 21%
|
|
53100507--CHICAGO
🕰️
5353 N Elston Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 29.1 kg/sqft | 1,836 tons |
|
Wrigley Global Innovation Center
🕰️
1132 W BLACKHAWK ST
| Office | 29.0 kg/sqft | 5,557 tons |
|
Elston Plaza
🕰️
⚠️
5033 N. ELSTON AVE
| Retail Store | 28.8 kg/sqft | 2,503 tons |
|
DCAM
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5758 S Maryland Ave
| Ambulatory Surgical Center | 28.6 kg/sqft | 15,393 tons |
|
70800552 -- Chicago
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7030 S Ashland Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 28.5 kg/sqft | 1,804 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data