Museum Buildings

7 buildings in Chicago

Buildings

35,586

Total Emissions
(metric tons CO₂e)

13.2

Avg GHG Intensity
(kg CO₂e/sqft)

3.2M

Total Square Footage

Grade Distribution

All Museum Buildings

Showing Museum 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.)
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry 📷 A 5700 South Lake Shore Drive	Museum	1893	1,300,000 sqft #48 Highest	4.9 kg/sqft Lowest 24%	6,355 tons Highest 4%
The Art Institute of Chicago 🚩 📷 D 111 South Michigan Ave	Museum	1892	1,008,416 sqft Highest 3%	16.3 kg/sqft Highest 4%	16,445 tons #22 Highest
Chicago Historical Society 🕰️ ⚠️ D 1601 N Clark Street	Museum	1932	270,160 sqft	18.8 kg/sqft	5,074 tons
Museum of Contemporary Art 📷 ⚠️ C 220 E. Chicago Avenue	Museum	1996	233,286 sqft Highest 28%	10.5 kg/sqft Highest 10%	2,443 tons Highest 16%
Adler Planetarium 📷 ⚠️ C 1300 S. Lake Shore Dr.	Museum	1930	175,000 sqft Highest 37%	10.1 kg/sqft Highest 12%	1,774 tons Highest 25%
Washington Park Fieldhouse, Trades, DuSable Roundhouse 🕰️ ⚠️ D 5531 South King Drive	Museum	1910	122,439 sqft	26.2 kg/sqft	3,211 tons
Polish Roman Catholic Union of America 🕰️ B 984 N MILWAUKEE AVE	Museum	1912	52,400 sqft	5.4 kg/sqft	285 tons

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data