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.)
River North Park (rv57) 320 West Illinois St.	Multifamily Housing	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	2,697 tons Highest 15%
Caroline Hedger Apartment ⚠️ (CHA) 6400 N. Sherdian Rd	Multifamily Housing	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	1,482 tons Highest 30%
360 W Hubbard Joint Venture LLC 360 W Hubbard Street	Multifamily Housing	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	2,897 tons Highest 13%
One Place Condominium Association ⚠️ 1 East 8th Street	Multifamily Housing	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	1,800 tons Highest 24%
River Point 444 W Lake St	Office	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	7,206 tons Highest 3%
Ella Flagg Young Apartments (CHA) 4645 N. Sherdian Road	Multifamily Housing	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	990 tons Highest 44%
Sullivan HS (CPS) 6631 N Bosworth Ave	K-12 School	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	1,265 tons Highest 36%
601 South LaSalle 🏆 601 South Lasalle Street	Office	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	462 tons Lowest 24%
29 N Wacker Dr 29 North Wacker Dr	Office	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	800 tons Lowest 48%
Sheridan Point Condominiums 6325 N Sheridan Road	Multifamily Housing	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	898 tons Highest 47%
20 E Cedar Condominium 20 E Cedar St	Multifamily Housing	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	987 tons Highest 44%
One East Schiller Condominium Association 1 E Schiller Street	Multifamily Housing	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	944 tons Highest 45%
444-454 W. Melrose St. 450 W. Melrose St.	Multifamily Housing	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	337 tons Lowest 12%
500 W. Belmont Apartments 500 W. Belmont Ave.	Multifamily Housing	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	317 tons Lowest 10%
300 South Riverside Plaza ⚡ 300 South Riverside Plaza	Office	5.8 kg/sqft Lowest 43%	7,091 tons Highest 4%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data

📣 Take Action to Improve Emissions Reporting!

All Buildings By Greenhouse Gas Intensity