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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Jewel Osco, 03187-119th and Marshfield
⚠️
11730 S Marshfield Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 28.2 kg/sqft  #21 Highest
| 1,739 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
Bernard Mitchell Hospital
🕰️
5815 S Maryland Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 27.9 kg/sqft | 12,008 tons |
|
53100522--CHICAGO
🕰️
5201 Sheridan Rd
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 27.8 kg/sqft | 1,533 tons |
|
McLean
🕰️
5824 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 27.7 kg/sqft | 3,090 tons |
|
WEISS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
🕰️
4646 N MARINE DR
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 27.7 kg/sqft | 11,410 tons |
|
Pete's Kedgie
🚩
4700 S Kedzie Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 26.8 kg/sqft #22 Highest
| 1,445 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
Roscoe Square/ 90034
🕰️
⚠️
3330 N Western Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 26.7 kg/sqft | 1,372 tons |
|
Anatomy and Culver
🕰️
1027 East 57th Street
| Laboratory | 26.3 kg/sqft | 1,764 tons |
|
303 E Superior Street
⚠️
(Northwestern)
303 E Superior Street
| Laboratory | 26.2 kg/sqft #23 Highest
| 10,967 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
53100539 -- Chicago
🕰️
3857 S DR MARTIN L KING JR DR
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 26.2 kg/sqft | 1,886 tons |
|
Washington Park Fieldhouse, Trades, DuSable Roundhouse
🕰️
5531 South King Drive
| Museum | 26.2 kg/sqft | 3,211 tons |
|
Jewel at South Loop Marketplace
⚠️
1340 S CANAL ST
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 26.0 kg/sqft #24 Highest
| 1,858 tons
Highest 25%
|
|
CME Group Inc
🕰️
333 S LaSalle St
| Financial Office | 26.0 kg/sqft | 6,781 tons |
|
Lurie Children's Lincoln Park Outpatient Center - Deming
🚩
467 W Deming Pl
| Mixed Use Property | 25.8 kg/sqft #25 Highest
| 1,623 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
Jewel Osco, 03181-87th & State St
🚩
87 W 87th St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 25.2 kg/sqft #26 Highest
| 1,766 tons
Highest 26%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data