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, 03376-Kinzie & Des Plaines
🚩
370 N Desplaines St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 23.7 kg/sqft  #36 Highest
| 1,538 tons
Highest 30%
|
|
Rush University Medical Center
🚨
1653 W Congress Pkwy
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 23.7 kg/sqft #36 Highest
| 92,454 tons #2 Highest
|
|
Holy Cross Hospial
⚠️
2701 W 68th St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 23.7 kg/sqft #36 Highest
| 9,723 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
MB Ice Arena
⚠️
1801 W Jackson Blvd
| Ice/Curling Rink | 23.5 kg/sqft #39 Highest
| 2,991 tons
Highest 14%
|
|
Jones Laboratory
🚩
(UChicago)
5747 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 23.5 kg/sqft #39 Highest
| 1,699 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
26 N Halsted St
⚠️
26 N Halsted St
| Office | 23.3 kg/sqft #40 Highest
| 1,335 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
Physics Research Center
🚩
933 E 56th Street
| Laboratory | 23.0 kg/sqft #42 Highest
| 1,542 tons
Highest 30%
|
|
Jewel Osco, 02502-Clybourn & Wrightwood
🚩
2550 N Clybourn St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 23.0 kg/sqft #42 Highest
| 1,958 tons
Highest 24%
|
|
University Club of Chicago
🚩
76 E Monroe St
| Hotel | 22.8 kg/sqft #44 Highest
| 3,278 tons
Highest 12%
|
|
832 854 W FULTON MARKET
🚩
832 854 W FULTON MARKET
| Mixed Use Property | 22.8 kg/sqft #44 Highest
| 2,201 tons
Highest 21%
|
|
53100516--CHICAGO
🕰️
2112 N ASHLAND AVE
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 22.8 kg/sqft | 1,825 tons |
|
Provident Hospital
🚩
500 E 51st St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 22.6 kg/sqft #45 Highest
| 8,449 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
Belmont and Central; A&G Fresh Market
🕰️
5630 W Belmont Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 22.6 kg/sqft | 1,220 tons |
|
Center on Halsted
🚩
3656 N Halsted St
| Mixed Use Property | 22.5 kg/sqft #46 Highest
| 2,335 tons
Highest 19%
|
|
Page Building
🚩
177 N State St
| Office | 22.3 kg/sqft #47 Highest
| 1,183 tons
Highest 39%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data