Worship Facility Buildings

17 buildings in Chicago

Buildings

15,120

Total Emissions
(metric tons CO₂e)

10.1

Avg GHG Intensity
(kg CO₂e/sqft)

1.5M

Total Square Footage

Grade Distribution

All Worship Facility Buildings

Showing Worship Facility 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.)
Apostolic Church of God B 6320 S Dorchester Ave	Worship Facility	1977	216,000 sqft Highest 30%	5.5 kg/sqft Lowest 36%	1,198 tons Highest 37%
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago C 126 E Chestnut St	Worship Facility	1912	163,806 sqft Highest 39%	8.2 kg/sqft Highest 22%	1,341 tons Highest 34%
The Moody Memorial Church B 1609 1641 N Lasalle Dr	Worship Facility	1925	145,300 sqft Highest 44%	5.0 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	722 tons Lowest 44%
Claretian Missionaries Service 🕰️ C 205 W. Monroe	Worship Facility	1898	108,561 sqft	11.3 kg/sqft	1,223 tons
Salem Baptist Church of Chicago 📷 🕰️ ⚠️ D 10909 S Cottage Grove Ave	Worship Facility	1960	91,800 sqft	78.0 kg/sqft	7,160 tons
New Life Community Church Midway 🕰️ ⚠️ B 5101 S Keeler Ave	Worship Facility	1950	84,000 sqft	5.8 kg/sqft	488 tons
Trinity United Church of Christ 🕰️ ⚠️ C 400 W 95th St	Worship Facility	1994	78,501 sqft	9.9 kg/sqft	775 tons
Emmanuel Baptist Church 🕰️ ⚠️ B 8301 S Damen Ave	Worship Facility	1961	75,627 sqft	3.2 kg/sqft	240 tons
4611 S ELLIS AVE 🕰️ ⚠️ B 4611 S ELLIS AVE	Worship Facility	1925	71,539 sqft	1.7 kg/sqft	84 tons
Morgan Park United Methodist Church 🕰️ ⚠️ A 11030 S. Longwood Dr	Worship Facility	1927	66,500 sqft	0.9 kg/sqft	62 tons
Park Community Church B 1001 N Crosby St.	Worship Facility	2007	64,700 sqft Lowest 16%	6.2 kg/sqft Highest 49%	404 tons Lowest 19%
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church B 2727 W Winona St	Worship Facility	1924	63,141 sqft Lowest 15%	3.7 kg/sqft Lowest 6%	236 tons Lowest 3%
Edgewater Presbyterian Church 📷 C 1020 W Bryn Mawr Ave	Worship Facility	1926	62,500 sqft Lowest 14%	4.1 kg/sqft Lowest 10%	253 tons Lowest 4%
St Pauls United Church of Christ 🕰️ D 2335 N. Orchard Street	Worship Facility	1920	59,380 sqft	8.6 kg/sqft	511 tons
First Presbyterian Church of Chicago 🕰️ C 6400 S. Kimbark Avenue	Worship Facility	1928	50,000 sqft	4.0 kg/sqft	199 tons
North Shore Baptist Church 🕰️ B 5244 N Lakewood Ave	Worship Facility	1952	50,000 sqft	3.2 kg/sqft	162 tons
Bond Chapel 🏆 📷 (UChicago) D 1025 East 58th Street	Worship Facility	1926	5,252 sqft #2 Lowest in Chicago*	11.8 kg/sqft Highest 8%	62 tons #2 Lowest in Chicago*

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data