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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
🚩
301 E N Water St
| Hotel | 10.2 kg/sqft 
Highest 13%
| 11,770 tons #48 Highest
|
|
1117-1137 W Monroe
1117-1137 W Monroe
| Multifamily Housing | 10.1 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 605 tons 
Lowest 34%
|
|
Adele and Robert Stern Red Shield Center
945 W 69th St
| Mixed Use Property | 10.1 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 507 tons
Lowest 27%
|
|
The Legacy at Millennium Park
🕰️
60 East Monroe St
| Multifamily Housing | 10.1 kg/sqft | 8,337 tons |
|
223 Jackson Brooks Building LLC
223 W Jackson Blvd
| Office | 10.1 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 1,697 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
Home Federal
11 E Adams St
| Office | 10.1 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 1,621 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
Montgomery on Superior Condominium Association
500 W Superior St
| Multifamily Housing | 10.1 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 4,062 tons
Highest 9%
|
|
Park Hyatt Chicago
800 N Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 10.1 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 6,806 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
300 North Elizabeth
300 N Elizabeth St
| Office | 10.1 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 1,289 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Academy Square Apartments
🕰️
318 S THROOP ST
| Multifamily Housing | 10.1 kg/sqft | 879 tons |
|
3500 S GILES AVE
3500 S GILES AVE
| Residential Care Facility | 10.1 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 711 tons
Lowest 41%
|
|
Corboy Law Center-ID# 101971
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(Loyola)
25 E Pearson St
| College/University | 10.1 kg/sqft | 3,111 tons |
|
Garland Building
111 N Wabash Ave
| Office | 10.1 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 2,619 tons
Highest 17%
|
|
Auburn Commons
🕰️
1626 W 87th St
| Multifamily Housing | 10.0 kg/sqft | 640 tons |
|
600 S Michigan Ave
600 S Michigan Ave
| College/University | 10.0 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 1,756 tons
Highest 26%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data