Electrify Chicago
An independent tool for viewing City of Chicago building data
According to the
2022 Chicago Climate Action Plan
,
69% of Chicago's emissions come from buildings, making
building emissions our biggest challenge and our biggest opportunity as a city
to tackle climate change. At Electrify Chicago, we showcase building performance using
publicly available data supplemented by community-submitted photographs and building
owners.
Start by looking at Chicago's buildings with 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.
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Chicago Buildings by Greenhouse Gas Intensity
Note: Data includes large Chicago buildings with data from 2022, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
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.” 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.
| Property Name / address | Primary Property Type |
Greenhouse Gas Intensity (kg CO2 eq./sqft) |
Total Greenhouse Emissions (metric tons CO2 eq.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Trio Tower
670 W Wayman St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft 
Lowest 8%
| 1,058 tons 
Highest 43%
|
|
541 547 W OAKDALE AVE
541 547 W OAKDALE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 379 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
Five North Wabash
1 5 N WABASH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 639 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
Fulton Court Townhomes
660 W Fulton Market
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 529 tons
Lowest 29%
|
|
Oakley Square Apartments
2325 W JACKSON BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 1,054 tons
Highest 44%
|
|
StBedetheVenerable_School
🕰️
4400 W 83rd St
| K-12 School | 3.8 kg/sqft | 291 tons |
|
Vista Homes Building Corporation
5844 S Stony Island Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 987 tons
Highest 46%
|
|
777 North Michigan Condo Association
777 N Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 1,488 tons
Highest 31%
|
|
Medinah Temple
600 - 820 N Wabash St
| Retail Store | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 490 tons
Lowest 26%
|
|
1550 S INDIANA AVE
1550 S INDIANA AVE
| Mixed Use Property | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 342 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
4043 N Ravenswood Ave
4043 N Ravenswood Ave
| Other | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 346 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
232 E Walton Condominium Association
228 240 E WALTON ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 394 tons
Lowest 16%
|
|
227 239 E DELAWARE PL
227 239 E DELAWARE PL
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 754 tons
Lowest 43%
|
|
530 W ARLINGTON PL
530 W ARLINGTON PL
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 8%
| 259 tons
Lowest 5%
|
|
Woodlawn Partners
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6445 6458 S Kenwood Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.8 kg/sqft | 269 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data