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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2211 N Milwaukee (ll036)
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⚡
2211 N Milwaukee Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 4.6 kg/sqft 
Lowest 18%
| 545 tons
Lowest 31%
|
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Sedgwick at Locust
367 W. Locust St.
| Multifamily Housing | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 420 tons
Lowest 20%
|
|
NEXT - CO (nx04)
347 W Chestnut St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 1,938 tons 
Highest 23%
|
|
CA Condos on Adams
1116 S. Adams St.
| Multifamily Housing | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 708 tons
Lowest 43%
|
|
Old Town Midrise Condo
🕰️
⚠️
343 W Old Town Court
| Multifamily Housing | 4.6 kg/sqft | 412 tons |
|
1255 N. State Parkway Condominium Association
⚠️
1255 N State Parkway
| Multifamily Housing | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 505 tons
Lowest 28%
|
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Farcroft Park, LLC
⚠️
1337 West Fargo
| Multifamily Housing | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 528 tons
Lowest 30%
|
|
Coastland Apartments, Inc.
🏆
2666 E. 73rd St.
| Multifamily Housing | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 292 tons
Lowest 7%
|
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Hernandez
(CPS)
3510 W 55th St
| K-12 School | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 588 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
Piccolo
(CPS)
1040 N Keeler Ave
| K-12 School | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 1,017 tons
Highest 42%
|
|
Hamilton
(CPS)
1650 W Cornelia Ave
| K-12 School | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 345 tons
Lowest 13%
|
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Bennett
(CPS)
10115 S Prairie Ave
| K-12 School | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 309 tons
Lowest 9%
|
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Newberry
(CPS)
700 W Willow St
| K-12 School | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 345 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
Reside on Surf
425 West Surf Street
| Multifamily Housing | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 555 tons
Lowest 32%
|
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372 West Ontario Street
372 West Ontario Street
| Office | 4.6 kg/sqft
Lowest 18%
| 233 tons
Lowest 3%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data