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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
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50 E 26TH ST
50 E 26TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.1 kg/sqft 
Lowest 4%
| 294 tons
Lowest 8%
|
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2645 2657 W LAWRENCE AVE
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2645 2657 W LAWRENCE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 160 tons
#27 Lowest in Chicago*
|
|
Catalyst-Maria
6727 S California Ave
| K-12 School | 3.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 549 tons
Lowest 30%
|
|
Shoreland Apartments
5454 S Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 3.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 1,968 tons 
Highest 23%
|
|
Ella Flagg Young Apartments
(CHA)
4645 N Sherdian Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 3.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 936 tons
Highest 47%
|
|
De Diego Community Academy -CPS
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(CPS)
1313 N Claremont Ave
| K-12 School | 3.1 kg/sqft | 744 tons |
|
7200 Ridge Condominium Association
🕰️
7200 7216 N RIDGE BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 3.1 kg/sqft | 194 tons |
|
Innisbrook IV Condominium Association
🕰️
5355-71 N Delphia
| Multifamily Housing | 3.0 kg/sqft | 263 tons |
|
318 N CARPENTER ST
318 N CARPENTER ST
| Office | 3.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 312 tons
Lowest 9%
|
|
2150 S Canalport Avenue
2150 S Canalport Avenue
| Office | 3.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 664 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
Union West Apartments
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939 W WASHINGTON BLVD
| Multifamily Housing | 3.0 kg/sqft | 1,068 tons |
|
360 W Erie Street
360 W Erie Street
| Multifamily Housing | 3.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 498 tons
Lowest 26%
|
|
Park Alexandria Condominium Association
125 S Jefferson St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 1,241 tons
Highest 38%
|
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6730 SOUTH SHORE DR
6730 SOUTH SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 3.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 452 tons
Lowest 22%
|
|
3711 S VINCENNES AVE
3711 S VINCENNES AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
| 901 tons
Highest 49%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data