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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chicago Medical Society
515 N Dearborn
| Office | 5.1 kg/sqft 
Lowest 28%
| 269 tons
Lowest 5%
|
|
Trinity Community Housing Corporation
3939 S Calumet Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 261 tons
Lowest 5%
|
|
Westgate Center
331 S Peoria Street
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 293 tons
Lowest 7%
|
|
1350 N Astor Street
1350 N Astor Street
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 368 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
The Edison (ds067)
5200 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 1,018 tons 
Highest 42%
|
|
Granville Apartments, LLC
⚠️
6230 N Kenmore Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 752 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
Lake Grove Village Apartments
3500-3544 South Lake Park Avenue & 3515-3555 South Cottage Grove Avenue
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 2,352 tons
Highest 17%
|
|
Sullivan Center
1 S State St.
| Office | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 4,479 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
222 North LaSalle
⚡
222 North Lasalle Street
| Office | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 6,270 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
Lake View HS
⚠️
(CPS)
4015 N Ashland Ave
| K-12 School | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 1,362 tons
Highest 34%
|
|
550 West Washington
⚡
550 West Washington
| Office | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 1,992 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
IL0303ZZ-METCALFE FED BLDG
⚡
77 W Jackson
| Office | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 4,040 tons
Highest 9%
|
|
Brompton
701-15 West Brompton
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 270 tons
Lowest 5%
|
|
1900 W. Farwell, LLC
1900 1910 W. Farwell Ave.
| Multifamily Housing | 5.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 28%
| 302 tons
Lowest 8%
|
|
309-315 W 23rd Condo Assocication
⚠️
313 W 23rd Street
| Multifamily Housing | 5.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 26%
| 260 tons
Lowest 5%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data