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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Evo Union Park (wr034)
📷
1454 W Randolph St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft 
Lowest 36%
| 1,400 tons 
Highest 32%
|
|
Aspire
2111 S. Wabash
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 1,519 tons
Highest 30%
|
|
Logan - (lg058)
📷
2522 N Milwaukee Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 1,569 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
The Sinclair (nl97) (sz63)
⚠️
1201 North Lasalle Street
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 3,268 tons
Highest 11%
|
|
Forty East Delaware Place Condominium Association
40 E Delaware
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 748 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
1411 State Parkway Condominium Association
🕰️
1411 N State Parkway
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft | 231 tons |
|
Ellis Street Apartments
4721-4729 S Ellis Street
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 344 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
AMLI Lofts Polk (mf02)
⚠️
111 W. Polk St.
| Multifamily Housing | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 1,118 tons
Highest 40%
|
|
Stagg
(CPS)
7424 S Morgan St
| K-12 School | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 379 tons
Lowest 16%
|
|
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10155 S. Ewing Ave.
| K-12 School | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 511 tons
Lowest 28%
|
|
Ryder
⚠️
(CPS)
8716 S Wallace St
| K-12 School | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 400 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
Prussing
(CPS)
4650 N Menard Ave
| K-12 School | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 556 tons
Lowest 33%
|
|
Reilly
⚠️
(CPS)
3650 W School St
| K-12 School | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 627 tons
Lowest 38%
|
|
Skinner
(CPS)
1260 W Adams St
| K-12 School | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 759 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
Marsh
⚠️
(CPS)
9822 S Exchange Ave
| K-12 School | 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 36%
| 774 tons
Lowest 47%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data