Movie Theater Buildings

7 buildings in Chicago

Movie Theater Stats

Buildings

6,543

Total Emissions
metric tons CO₂e

14.6

Avg GHG Intensity
kg CO₂e/sqft

0.5M

Total Square Footage

Grade Distribution

Total Energy Mix

Total Electricity Use

12.2 million kWh

12x Median Benchmarked Building (1 million kWh)

Median Movie Theater: 1.6 million kWh (1.5x median)

Total Fossil Gas Use

13.8 million kBtu

2.5x Median Benchmarked Building (5.5 million kBtu)

Median Movie Theater: 1.9 million kBtu (1/3 median)

All Movie Theater Buildings

Showing Movie Theater Buildings buildings that reported their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions to the City of Chicago under energy benchmarking.

Note: Data From Large Buildings in 2023

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 2023, 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	Year Built	Square Footage	GHG Intensity (kg CO₂ eq./sqft)	Total GHG Emissions (tons CO₂ eq.)
01330 - River East 21 📷 ⚠️ C 322 E Illinois St	Movie Theater	2002	113,649 sqft Lowest 46%	9.2 kg/sqft Highest 15%	1,044 tons Highest 41%
CITY NORTH 14 ⚠️ C 2600 N Western Ave	Movie Theater	2010	73,000 sqft Lowest 24%	11.3 kg/sqft Highest 8%	827 tons Lowest 50%
08270 - Ford City 14 C 7601 South Cicero Avenue	Movie Theater	1990	72,545 sqft Lowest 23%	15.9 kg/sqft Highest 4%	1,153 tons Highest 39%
61480 - Galewood 14 C 5530 W Homer St	Movie Theater	2007	57,976 sqft Lowest 9%	14.4 kg/sqft Highest 5%	833 tons Lowest 50%
25650 - 600 North 9 ⚠️ C 600 N. Michigan Ave	Movie Theater	1996	55,435 sqft Lowest 7%	20.3 kg/sqft Highest 2%	1,125 tons Highest 39%
04750 - NEW CITY 14 ⚠️ C 1515 N Clybourn Ave Ste C301	Movie Theater	2000	51,370 sqft Lowest 3%	15.5 kg/sqft Highest 4%	794 tons Lowest 48%
Webster Place Shopping Center 🕰️ D 1435 - 1471 W Webster Ave	Movie Theater	1988	49,428 sqft	15.5 kg/sqft	767 tons

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data