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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913 921 W VAN BUREN ST
913 921 W VAN BUREN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft 
Lowest 6%
| 617 tons
Lowest 35%
|
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Ironwood Court Apartments
6013 6031 S INDIANA AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 249 tons
Lowest 5%
|
|
THE WOODLANDS OF BRONZEVILLE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION
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606 E Woodland Park Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft | 1,077 tons  |
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Aztec Condominium
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305 W Fullerton Pkwy
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft | 284 tons |
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4001 N Ravenswood Ave
4001 N Ravenswood Ave
| Other | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 272 tons
Lowest 6%
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Lincoln Park 2550 Condominium Association
2550 N Lakeview Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 3,509 tons
Highest 11%
|
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Erie Centre Condo
375 425 W Erie St
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 1,399 tons
Highest 34%
|
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2512 N BOSWORTH AVE
2512 N BOSWORTH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 192 tons
Lowest 2%
|
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833 W Jackson Blvd
833 W Jackson Blvd
| Office | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 283 tons
Lowest 7%
|
|
5460 5472 S WOODLAWN AVE
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5460 5472 S WOODLAWN AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 183 tons
Lowest 2%
|
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2 10 W ELM ST
2 10 W ELM ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 6%
| 617 tons
Lowest 35%
|
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1922 W Ogden Ave
1922 W Ogden Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 861 tons
Lowest 49%
|
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1802 S STATE ST
1802 S STATE ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 190 tons
Lowest 2%
|
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Pueblo Commons Condominiums
8444 W Wilson Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 744 tons
Lowest 43%
|
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Dixon, Arthur -CPS
(CPS)
8306 S St Lawrence Ave
| K-12 School | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 345 tons
Lowest 12%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data