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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fosco Park
🕰️
⚠️
1312 S Racine Ave
| Other - Recreation | 22.2 kg/sqft  | 1,344 tons |
|
350 N. LaSalle
🕰️
350 N LaSalle St
| Office | 22.2 kg/sqft | 2,691 tons |
|
Jewel Osco
🚩
424 W DIVISION ST
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 22.2 kg/sqft #48 Highest
| 1,477 tons
Highest 32%
|
|
Loretto Hospital
🕰️
645 South Central Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 22.1 kg/sqft | 5,114 tons |
|
303 E Chicago Ave
🚩
(Northwestern)
303 E Chicago Ave
| Laboratory | 22.0 kg/sqft #50 Highest
| 6,691 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
300 E Superior Street
🚩
(Northwestern)
300 E Superior Street
| Laboratory | 22.0 kg/sqft #50 Highest
| 6,694 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
Mercy Chicago - Hospital
🕰️
⚠️
2525 S Michigan Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 22.0 kg/sqft | 16,524 tons |
|
201 N State St
201 N State St
| Hotel | 21.9 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 2,905 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
Jewel Osco, 03092-95th & Stony Island
1655 E 95th St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 21.8 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 1,582 tons
Highest 30%
|
|
Presence SMEMC St Mary Campus
🚩
2233 W Division St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 21.8 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 15,172 tons #31 Highest
|
|
Tech Business Center
3440 S DEARBORN ST
| Office | 21.7 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 3,133 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
Gateway to West Loop
16 - 40 S Halsted St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 21.6 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 2,075 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
Evangelical Covenant Church
🕰️
8303 W Higgins Rd
| Office | 21.5 kg/sqft | 959 tons |
|
Jewel Osco, 02508-Howard & Clark
1763 W Howard St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 21.4 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 1,503 tons
Highest 31%
|
|
180 North Wacker
🕰️
180 North Wacker
| Office | 21.3 kg/sqft | 1,509 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data