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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Shop & Save Market - Archer
🕰️
⚠️
5829 S Archer Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 25.1 kg/sqft  | 1,688 tons |
|
5841 S. Maryland Ave MC0985
🚨
(UChicago)
5841 S. Maryland Ave MC0985
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 25.0 kg/sqft #27 Highest
| 135,876 tons #1 Highest
|
|
IN0035-21C Museum Hotel Chicago
🕰️
⚠️
55 E Ontario St
| Hotel | 25.0 kg/sqft | 1,797 tons |
|
Jewel Osco, 03501-Western & Roscoe
🚩
3400 N Western Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 24.8 kg/sqft #29 Highest
| 1,378 tons
Highest 34%
|
|
Stroger Hospital Campus
🚨
1901 W Harrison St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 24.8 kg/sqft #29 Highest
| 39,603 tons #7 Highest
|
|
Hotel Palomar Chicago
⚠️
505 N State St
| Multifamily Housing | 24.7 kg/sqft #31 Highest
| 3,473 tons
Highest 11%
|
|
600 N MICHIGAN AVE
🚩
600 N MICHIGAN AVE
| Retail Store | 24.7 kg/sqft #31 Highest
| 5,180 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
70800570 -- Dan Ryan
🕰️
⚠️
112 W 87th St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 24.7 kg/sqft | 1,524 tons |
|
03241-Paulina & Division
🚩
1341 N Paulina St
| Retail Store | 24.6 kg/sqft #32 Highest
| 1,292 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Comer Children's Hospital
🕰️
5721 S Maryland Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 24.4 kg/sqft | 9,611 tons |
|
Jackson Park Hospital
🕰️
7531 S Stony Island Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 24.1 kg/sqft | 9,219 tons |
|
Ravenswood Station
⚠️
1800 W LAWRENCE AVE
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 24.1 kg/sqft #33 Highest
| 3,607 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
Saint Anthony Hospital - Main Hospital
🕰️
⚠️
2875 W 19th St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 24.0 kg/sqft | 5,735 tons |
|
53100527--CHICAGO
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2021 W Chicago Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 23.9 kg/sqft | 1,312 tons |
|
NMH Olson Pavilion
🚩
(Northwestern)
710 N Fairbanks Ct
| Laboratory | 23.9 kg/sqft #34 Highest
| 4,462 tons
Highest 8%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data