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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Moxy Chicago Downtown
530 N La Salle Dr
| Hotel | 10.5 kg/sqft 
Highest 12%
| 654 tons 
Lowest 37%
|
|
Damen Student Center-ID#254161
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(Loyola)
6511 N Sheridan Rd
| College/University | 10.5 kg/sqft | 1,129 tons |
|
6000 6038 N CICERO AVE
6000 6038 N CICERO AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 2,357 tons
Highest 19%
|
|
919 S California Ave
919 S California Ave
| Other | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 889 tons
Lowest 50%
|
|
Scholars Corner Apartments
🕰️
5100 5110 S CORNELL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 10.5 kg/sqft | 632 tons |
|
845 N KINGSBURY
(CHA)
845 N KINGSBURY
| Multifamily Housing | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 915 tons
Highest 49%
|
|
Chicago State University Campus
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9501 S Martin Luther King Dr
| College/University | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 12,346 tons #46 Highest
|
|
Harlem-Foster Shopping Center
7240 W Foster Ave
| Strip Mall | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 2,886 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
UNO Soccer Academy High School
5025 S ST LOUIS
| K-12 School | 10.4 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 802 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
Owens-CPS
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(CPS)
11445 S State St
| K-12 School | 10.4 kg/sqft | 785 tons |
|
330 W Webster Ave
330 W Webster Ave
| K-12 School | 10.4 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 2,423 tons
Highest 18%
|
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Marillac St. Vincent Family Services
212 S Francisco Ave
| Pre-school/Daycare | 10.4 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 1,079 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
7000-7010 S. Pulaski Road
7000 7010 S Pulaski Rd
| Strip Mall | 10.4 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 667 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront
71 E Wacker Dr
| Hotel | 10.4 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 3,965 tons
Highest 9%
|
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CCC District Office
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226 West Jackson Blvd.
| Office | 10.4 kg/sqft | 2,352 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data