All Buildings By Greenhouse Gas Intensity
These are the Chicago's benchmarked buildings that reported 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.
Note: Data From Large Buildings in 2023
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.”
The latest year of data is from 2023, 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.
Additionally, note that all tons specified are metric tons.
| Name / Address | Primary Property Type |
GHG Intensity (kg CO2 eq./sqft) |
Total GHG Emissions (tons CO2 eq.) |
|---|---|---|---|
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CH1
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427 S. Lasalle`
| Data Center | 135.1 kg/sqft  #1 Highest
| 21,620 tons #10 Highest
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CHI1 - Chicago DC1
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2800 S. Ashland Ave
| Data Center | 101.7 kg/sqft #2 Highest
| 48,295 tons #4 Highest
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Digital Printer's Row
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600 S Federal St
| Data Center | 93.5 kg/sqft | 17,324 tons |
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6045 Kenwood Building
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(UChicago)
6045 S Kenwood Ave
| Office | 79.7 kg/sqft | 7,900 tons |
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Salem Baptist Church of Chicago
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10909 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Worship Facility | 78.0 kg/sqft | 7,160 tons |
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601 West Polk
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601 W Polk St
| Data Center | 70.6 kg/sqft #3 Highest
| 7,338 tons
Highest 3%
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Searle Chemistry Laboratory
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(UChicago)
5715-35 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 49.1 kg/sqft #4 Highest
| 4,203 tons
Highest 8%
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10252-KBS Kingsbury SO.
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1550 N. Kingsbury St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 47.4 kg/sqft #5 Highest
| 3,548 tons
Highest 10%
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BSLC
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924 E 57th St
| Laboratory | 47.2 kg/sqft | 8,296 tons |
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WGN Studios
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2501 W BRADLEY PL
| Office | 46.8 kg/sqft | 3,068 tons |
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Cummings Life Science Center
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920 E 58th St
| Laboratory | 45.3 kg/sqft | 7,816 tons |
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SBRI
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5812 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 43.7 kg/sqft | 9,374 tons |
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Armour
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950 E 59TH
| Laboratory | 43.7 kg/sqft | 2,834 tons |
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KCBD
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900 E. 57th St
| Laboratory | 42.9 kg/sqft | 16,175 tons |
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Gordon Center for Integrative Science (GCIS)
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(UChicago)
929 East 57th Street
| Laboratory | 41.1 kg/sqft #6 Highest
| 19,721 tons #15 Highest
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Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data