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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Galter Life Center
5157 N Francisco Ave
| Outpatient Rehabilitation/Physical Therapy | 18.4 kg/sqft 
Highest 3%
| 1,322 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
YUSUF INDIANA
🕰️
1911 S INDIANA AVE
| Office | 18.4 kg/sqft | 2,302 tons |
|
Omni Hotel
676 N Michigan Ave
| Hotel | 18.3 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 8,057 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center-ID# 254168
🕰️
(Loyola)
1050 W Sheridan
| Other - Education | 18.2 kg/sqft | 2,545 tons |
|
3030 N BROADWAY
3030 N BROADWAY
| Enclosed Mall | 18.1 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 3,690 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
Lakeshore Sport & Fitness Lincoln Park
1320 W Fullerton Ave
| Fitness Center/Health Club/Gym | 18.1 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 2,376 tons
Highest 19%
|
|
Clark Manor
🕰️
7427 7433 N CLARK ST
| Senior Living Community | 18.1 kg/sqft | 1,064 tons |
|
Bria of Forest Edge
8001 S Western Ave
| Senior Living Community | 18.1 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 1,319 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
Advocate Trinity Hospital
2320 E 93rd St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 18.1 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 6,666 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
Mercedes Benz of Chicago
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1520 W North Ave
| Automobile Dealership | 17.9 kg/sqft | 836 tons  |
|
NMH Prentice Womens Hospital
🚩
(Northwestern)
250 E Superior St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 17.9 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 16,896 tons #22 Highest
|
|
Symphony of Bronzeville
3400 3428 S INDIANA AVE
| Senior Living Community | 17.8 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 1,293 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Jewel Osco, 03344-Roosevelt & Ashland
1220 S Ashland Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 17.8 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 1,126 tons
Highest 41%
|
|
2200 S Western Ave
2200 S Western Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 17.6 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,143 tons
Highest 40%
|
|
Hicks
🕰️
970 E.59th St.
| Laboratory | 17.5 kg/sqft | 934 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data