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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
John G Shedd Aquarium
📷
1200 S Lake Shore Dr
| Other | 21.3 kg/sqft 
Highest 2%
| 9,640 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
Loyola Park
🕰️
⚠️
1230 W Greenleaf Ave
| Other - Recreation | 21.2 kg/sqft | 1,190 tons |
|
Jewel Osco, 03721-Archer & Austin
6107 S Archer Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 21.0 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 1,054 tons
Highest 44%
|
|
Accelerator/High Energy Physics
📷
(UChicago)
5604 - 5620 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 20.9 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 1,231 tons
Highest 38%
|
|
600 618 S WABASH AVE
🕰️
600 618 S WABASH AVE
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 20.9 kg/sqft | 1,993 tons |
|
70800789 -- 47th ~ Damen
🕰️
⚠️
4620 S Damen Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 20.8 kg/sqft | 1,590 tons |
|
Dunning Square
⚠️
6408 - 6450 W Irving Park Rd
| Strip Mall | 20.8 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 2,665 tons
Highest 16%
|
|
Goldblatt Hospital
🕰️
5840 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 20.5 kg/sqft | 2,718 tons |
|
Scientific Games-3401 California
🕰️
3401 California
| Office | 20.5 kg/sqft | 2,470 tons |
|
Community First Medical Center
🕰️
5645 West Addison St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 20.4 kg/sqft | 7,080 tons |
|
Jewel Food Store
4734 N Cumberland Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 20.3 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 1,071 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
Max Palevsky Residential Commons/Bartlett Commons
(UChicago)
1101 E 56th St
| Social/Meeting Hall | 20.1 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 1,389 tons
Highest 34%
|
|
Wyler
🕰️
5837 S Maryland Ave
| Laboratory | 20.1 kg/sqft | 4,182 tons |
|
Bethany Methodist Communities
🕰️
5025 N Paulina St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 19.9 kg/sqft | 3,474 tons |
|
216 West Jackson LLC
🕰️
216 W Jackson Blvd
| Office | 19.9 kg/sqft | 3,630 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data