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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Saint Anthony Hospital Community Wellness Program, North Lawndale and King Legacy Apartments
3810 3816 W 16TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft 
Lowest 7%
| 230 tons
Lowest 4%
|
|
2816 2828 N BURLING ST
2816 2828 N BURLING ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 281 tons
Lowest 7%
|
|
Washington Park SRO
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5000 5016 S INDIANA AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft | 357 tons |
|
Moody Bible Institute, Sweeting Center
860 N LaSalle St
| College/University | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 446 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
1373 1383 W GREENLEAF AVE
1373 1383 W GREENLEAF AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 277 tons
Lowest 6%
|
|
420 W GRAND AVE
420 W GRAND AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 431 tons
Lowest 20%
|
|
Fulton-Loomis-Carroll Condominium Association
1400 W FULTON ST
| Office | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 230 tons
Lowest 4%
|
|
10 S STATE ST
10 S STATE ST
| Retail Store | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 206 tons
Lowest 2%
|
|
501 W SURF ST
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(CHA)
501 W SURF ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft | 998 tons  |
|
6825 N SHERIDAN RD
6825 N SHERIDAN RD
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 373 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
5527 5539 N KENMORE AVE
5527 5539 N KENMORE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 7%
| 293 tons
Lowest 8%
|
|
Ravenswood Court
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4510-4518 N. Ashland
| Multifamily Housing | 3.7 kg/sqft | 252 tons |
|
849 W Ohio Street
849 W Ohio Street
| Multifamily Housing | 3.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 188 tons
Lowest 2%
|
|
CA Washington Condo Association
27 N Aberdeen St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 639 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
3125 W Fullerton
3125 W Fullerton
| Multifamily Housing | 3.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 561 tons
Lowest 31%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data