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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Fairbanks Lofts
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900 902 S WABASH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft  | 254 tons |
|
Oakley Lofts Condominium Association
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2300 2308 W DIVERSEY AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft | 168 tons |
|
Yesteryear Condo Association
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4211 4221 N PAULINA ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft | 266 tons |
|
Ridgemoor Estates V Condominium Association
6430 W BELLE PLAINE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 217 tons
Lowest 3%
|
|
110 W SUPERIOR ST
110 W SUPERIOR ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 942 tons 
Highest 47%
|
|
521 541 W WELLINGTON AVE
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521 541 W WELLINGTON AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 272 tons
Lowest 6%
|
|
Mildred Court Condominium Association
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2701 2711 N MILDRED AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft | 210 tons |
|
5452 5466 S ELLIS AVE
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5452 5466 S ELLIS AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 175 tons
Lowest 1%
|
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Ford City Mall
7601 S Cicero Ave
| Retail Store | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 682 tons
Lowest 39%
|
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4039 4051 N LAPORTE AVE
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4039 4051 N LAPORTE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 5%
| 326 tons
Lowest 10%
|
|
2611 N HERMITAGE AVE
2611 N HERMITAGE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 351 tons
Lowest 13%
|
|
The Buyer's Market Inc
4545 W Division St
| Enclosed Mall | 3.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 513 tons
Lowest 28%
|
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Park Boulevard IIB
3720 S DEARBORN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.3 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 288 tons
Lowest 7%
|
|
Morton Elementary Career Academy - CPS
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(CPS)
431 N Troy St
| K-12 School | 3.3 kg/sqft | 238 tons |
|
3941 N. Pine Grove Ave.
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3941 N. Pine Grove
| Multifamily Housing | 3.3 kg/sqft | 356 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data