Top 50 Electricity Users

Note: Data From Large Buildings in 2022

Note: This data only includes buildings whose emissions are reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance(opens in a new tab). According to the City “As of 2016, this list includes all commercial, institutional, and residential buildings larger than 50,000 square feet.” This dataset is also then filtered to only buildings with reported emissions > 1,000 metric tons CO2 equivalent.

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 Electricity Use
(kBtu)
GHG Intensity
(kg CO2 eq./sqft)
Total GHG Emissions
(tons CO2 eq.)
Digital Lakeside
📷 🕰️
350 E Cermak
Data Center
987,573,211 kBtu
142.1 kg/sqft
173,706 tons
5841 S. Maryland Ave MC0985
🚨
(UChicago)
5841 S. Maryland Ave MC0985
Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
623,023,573 kBtu
#1 Highest
25.0 kg/sqft
#27 Highest
135,876 tons
#1 Highest
Rush University Medical Center
🚨
1653 W Congress Pkwy
Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
450,327,014 kBtu
#2 Highest
23.7 kg/sqft
#36 Highest
92,454 tons
#2 Highest
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
🚨 📷
301 E Cermak Rd
Convention Center
447,507,595 kBtu
#3 Highest
8.7 kg/sqft
Highest 20%
80,845 tons
#3 Highest
Willis Tower
🚨 📷
233 S Wacker Dr
Office
301,223,758 kBtu
#4 Highest
9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
41,767 tons
#6 Highest
NMH Feinberg Pavilion and Galter Pavilion
🚨
(Northwestern)
251 E Huron St
Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
195,066,372 kBtu
#5 Highest
19.0 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
41,775 tons
#5 Highest
600 W Chicago
🚨
600 W Chicago
Office
172,011,816 kBtu
#6 Highest
10.7 kg/sqft
Highest 11%
24,266 tons
#8 Highest
Cook County Department of Corrections Campus
🚨
2700 S California Ave
Prison/Incarceration
171,095,892 kBtu
#7 Highest
9.3 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
42,560 tons
#4 Highest
Stroger Hospital Campus
🚨
1901 W Harrison St
Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
170,046,861 kBtu
#8 Highest
24.8 kg/sqft
#29 Highest
39,603 tons
#7 Highest
CCD
🕰️
5700 S Maryland Ave
Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
149,973,232 kBtu
30.2 kg/sqft
36,452 tons
Illinois Institute of Technology
🕰️
(Illinois Tech)
3300 South Federal Street
College/University
149,363,712 kBtu
15.6 kg/sqft
45,930 tons
300 E Randolph
🕰️
300 E Randolph
Office
144,238,481 kBtu
11.1 kg/sqft
24,655 tons
900 North Michigan
🚨
900 North Michigan
Mixed Use Property
141,132,695 kBtu
#9 Highest
9.8 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
20,835 tons
#11 Highest
CoreSite
🚨 📷
427 S LaSalle St
Data Center
139,432,401 kBtu
#10 Highest
114.8 kg/sqft
#1 Highest
18,365 tons
#19 Highest
10/30 South Wacker
🚩
10 S Wacker Dr
Office
138,626,195 kBtu
#11 Highest
6.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 49%
18,395 tons
#18 Highest
Water Tower Place
🚨
845 N Michigan Ave
Mixed Use Property
137,570,616 kBtu
#12 Highest
8.7 kg/sqft
Highest 20%
22,501 tons
#10 Highest
Digital Printer's Row
🚨 📷
600 S Federal St
Data Center
131,003,531 kBtu
#13 Highest
93.5 kg/sqft
#2 Highest
17,324 tons
#21 Highest
540 W Madison Ave
🚩
540 W Madison
Financial Office
126,069,984 kBtu
#14 Highest
13.6 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
16,649 tons
#24 Highest
The John Hancock Center
🚩 📷
875 N Michigan Ave
Mixed Use Property
120,891,221 kBtu
#15 Highest
7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
15,923 tons
#26 Highest
Prudential Plaza
🚩
130 E Randolph St
Office
120,496,186 kBtu
#16 Highest
6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
17,965 tons
#20 Highest
Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago
🚩
401 N Wabash Ave
Mixed Use Property
113,104,377 kBtu
#17 Highest
7.5 kg/sqft
Highest 31%
15,949 tons
#25 Highest
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
🚨
225 E Chicago Ave
Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
112,617,826 kBtu
#18 Highest
18.6 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
24,012 tons
#9 Highest
The Franklin
🚩
227 W Monroe
Office
112,463,086 kBtu
#19 Highest
5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 25%
14,830 tons
#32 Highest
Michigan Plaza
🚩
205 N Michigan Ave
Office
110,210,354 kBtu
#20 Highest
6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
14,620 tons
#35 Highest
Soldier Field
🕰️
1410 South Museum Campus Drive
Stadium (Open)
108,529,613 kBtu
14.7 kg/sqft
22,703 tons
AMA Plaza
🚩
330 N Wabash Av
Office
106,434,549 kBtu
#21 Highest
10.6 kg/sqft
Highest 11%
19,786 tons
#13 Highest
River North Point
🚩
350 N Orleans St
Office
106,274,498 kBtu
#22 Highest
8.3 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
15,659 tons
#28 Highest
United Center
🕰️
1901 W Madison St
Indoor Arena
102,653,876 kBtu
18.6 kg/sqft
17,884 tons
Citigroup Center
🚩
500 W Madison St
Office
98,638,921 kBtu
#23 Highest
7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
12,992 tons
#40 Highest
Merchandise Mart
🚩 📷
222 Merchandise Mart Plz
Office
96,458,631 kBtu
#24 Highest
4.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 20%
19,236 tons
#15 Highest
353 N Clark St
🚩
353 N Clark St
Office
92,626,102 kBtu
#25 Highest
9.2 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
12,553 tons
#45 Highest
Swedish Covenant Hospital Campus
🚩
5145 N California Ave
Mixed Use Property
90,173,072 kBtu
#26 Highest
19.8 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
15,863 tons
#27 Highest
Gordon Center for Integrative Science (GCIS)
🚨 📷
(UChicago)
929 E 57th St
Laboratory
89,788,714 kBtu
#27 Highest
40.0 kg/sqft
#10 Highest
19,164 tons
#16 Highest
Hyatt Center
🚩
71 S Wacker Dr
Office
89,020,096 kBtu
#28 Highest
7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
11,762 tons
#49 Highest
IL0000FC-CHICAGO FEDERAL CTR
🕰️
219 S Dearborn
Mixed Use Property
88,752,432 kBtu
5.8 kg/sqft
18,420 tons
Aon Center
🚩
200 E Randolph St
Office
88,354,337 kBtu
#29 Highest
6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 45%
19,331 tons
#14 Highest
55 E Monroe
🚩
55 E Monroe St
Office
86,540,181 kBtu
#30 Highest
8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
12,987 tons
#41 Highest
Presence Resurrection Medical Center
🚨
7435 W Talcott Ave
Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
85,849,753 kBtu
#31 Highest
18.7 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
20,493 tons
#12 Highest
NMH Prentice Womens Hospital
🚩
(Northwestern)
250 E Superior St
Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)
82,576,384 kBtu
#32 Highest
17.9 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
16,896 tons
#22 Highest
The Art Institute of Chicago
🚨 📷
111 S Michigan Ave
Museum
80,968,968 kBtu
#33 Highest
18.9 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
19,069 tons
#17 Highest
Chicago Board of Trade Building
🚩
141 W Jackson Blvd
Office
79,491,746 kBtu
#34 Highest
8.2 kg/sqft
Highest 24%
12,840 tons
#42 Highest
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
🚩
301 E N Water St
Hotel
79,468,097 kBtu
#35 Highest
10.2 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
11,770 tons
#48 Highest
Navy Pier, Inc.
🚩 📷
600 E Grand Ave
Mixed Use Property
79,250,185 kBtu
#36 Highest
12.3 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
14,089 tons
#36 Highest
Four40
🚩
440 S LaSalle St
Office
78,452,163 kBtu
#37 Highest
8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 22%
10,339 tons
Highest 2%
300 North LaSalle
🚩
300 N LaSalle St
Office
78,075,765 kBtu
#38 Highest
7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
10,513 tons
Highest 2%
Hilton Chicago
🚩
720 S Michigan Ave
Hotel
77,990,666 kBtu
#39 Highest
8.2 kg/sqft
Highest 24%
16,801 tons
#23 Highest
71215A State St
🚩
101 N State St E
Retail Store
76,140,901 kBtu
#40 Highest
8.0 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
14,741 tons
#33 Highest
Three First National Plaza
🚩
70 W Madison St
Office
76,022,525 kBtu
#41 Highest
6.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 48%
10,013 tons
Highest 2%
One North Wacker
🚩
1 N Wacker Dr
Office
75,798,867 kBtu
#42 Highest
7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
11,681 tons
#50 Highest
Thompson Center
🕰️
100 W Randolph St
Office
75,107,162 kBtu
10.8 kg/sqft
12,909 tons

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)