Buildings Owned By
University of Chicago
These are buildings that we have manually tagged as being owned by University of Chicago, so this may not be a definitive list.
Building Stats
- 27 Tagged Buildings
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Total Emissions:
216,688 metric tons CO2 equivalent
Equivalent to 245 of the median benchmarked building (885.8 tons CO2e)
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Average GHG Intensity:
18.2 kg CO2e/sqft
3x the median benchmarked building (6.4 kg CO2/sqft)
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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6045 Kenwood Building
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📷
(UChicago)
6045 S Kenwood Ave
| Office | 79.7 kg/sqft  #3 Highest
| 7,900 tons
Highest 4%
|
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Searle Chemistry Laboratory
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📷
(UChicago)
5735 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 49.0 kg/sqft #6 Highest
| 4,193 tons
Highest 9%
|
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William Eckhardt Research Center
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📷
(UChicago)
5640 S ELLIS AVE
| Laboratory | 40.9 kg/sqft #9 Highest
| 11,639 tons
Highest 2%
|
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Gordon Center for Integrative Science (GCIS)
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📷
(UChicago)
929 E 57th St
| Laboratory | 40.0 kg/sqft #10 Highest
| 19,164 tons #16 Highest
|
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Hinds Laboratory
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📷
(UChicago)
5734 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 32.3 kg/sqft #15 Highest
| 4,237 tons
Highest 9%
|
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5841 S. Maryland Ave MC0985
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(UChicago)
5841 S. Maryland Ave MC0985
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 25.0 kg/sqft #27 Highest
| 135,876 tons #1 Highest
|
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Jones Laboratory
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(UChicago)
5747 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 23.5 kg/sqft #39 Highest
| 1,699 tons
Highest 27%
|
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Accelerator/High Energy Physics
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(UChicago)
5604 - 5620 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 20.9 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 1,231 tons
Highest 38%
|
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Max Palevsky Residential Commons/Bartlett Commons
(UChicago)
1101 E 56th St
| Social/Meeting Hall | 20.1 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 1,389 tons
Highest 34%
|
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Ratner Athletics Center
(UChicago)
5530 S Ellis Ave
| Fitness Center/Health Club/Gym | 18.9 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 3,186 tons
Highest 12%
|
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Chapin Hall
(UChicago)
1313 E 60th St
| College/University | 14.5 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 951 tons
Highest 47%
|
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Charles M. Harper Cetner (Booth School)
(UChicago)
5807 S Woodlawn Ave
| College/University | 11.1 kg/sqft
Highest 10%
| 4,640 tons
Highest 7%
|
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Bookstore
(UChicago)
970 E 58th St
| Retail Store | 9.9 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 494 tons 
Lowest 26%
|
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Kersten Physics Teaching Center
(UChicago)
5720 S Ellis Ave
| College/University | 9.9 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 588 tons
Lowest 33%
|
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Renee Granville-Grossman Residential Commons
(UChicago)
6031 S Ellis Ave
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 9.6 kg/sqft
Highest 15%
| 3,247 tons
Highest 12%
|
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Crerar Library
(UChicago)
5730 S Ellis Ave
| Library | 9.4 kg/sqft
Highest 16%
| 1,582 tons
Highest 30%
|
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Bond Chapel/ Cobb, Swift, Haskell, Wieboldt, Goodspeed, Gates, and Blake Hall
(UChicago)
5811 - 5827 S Ellis Ave
| College/University | 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 22%
| 669 tons
Lowest 38%
|
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Gleacher Center
(UChicago)
450 N Cityfront Plz
| College/University | 8.3 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 1,781 tons
Highest 26%
|
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Saieh Hall for Economics
(UChicago)
5757 S University Ave
| College/University | 8.2 kg/sqft
Highest 24%
| 1,251 tons
Highest 38%
|
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1155 E 60th St
(UChicago)
1155 E 60th St
| College/University | 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 27%
| 1,457 tons
Highest 32%
|
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Campus Residential North Commons
(UChicago)
5500 S UNIVERSITY AVE
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 39%
| 2,919 tons
Highest 14%
|
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Law/ Mott/ Social Service Admin/ Faculty Housing
(UChicago)
1111 E 60th St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.9 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 445 tons
Lowest 21%
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1156 E 61ST ST
(UChicago)
1156 E 61ST ST
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 2,622 tons
Highest 17%
|
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Beecher, Kelley, Green, Foster, Social Science Research Building
(UChicago)
1126 E 59th St
| College/University | 6.8 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 477 tons
Lowest 24%
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International House
(UChicago)
1414 E 59th St
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 1,535 tons
Highest 31%
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Burton-Judson Courts
(UChicago)
1005 E 60th St
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 1,318 tons
Highest 36%
|
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Breckinridge House (University of Chicago)
🏆
(UChicago)
1442 E. 59th Street
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
| 201 tons
Lowest 2%
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Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data