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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Peck
🕰️
5821 S Drexel Ave
| Laboratory | 40.4 kg/sqft  | 5,044 tons |
|
William Eckhardt Research Center (ERC)
🚨
📷
(UChicago)
5640 S. Ellis Ave.
| Laboratory | 39.4 kg/sqft #7 Highest
| 11,216 tons #46 Highest
|
|
53100527--CHICAGO
🚨
2021 W Chicago Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 37.8 kg/sqft #8 Highest
| 2,079 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
MetraMarket of Chicago
🕰️
118 N. Canal Street
| Mixed Use Property | 37.4 kg/sqft | 2,350 tons |
|
McGowan North
📷
🕰️
(DePaul)
2325 N Clifton Ave
| College/University | 36.8 kg/sqft | 2,063 tons |
|
Pete's Pulaski
🚨
4343 S. Pulaski
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 34.6 kg/sqft #9 Highest
| 1,937 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
Hinds Laboratory
🚨
📷
(UChicago)
5734 South Ellis Avenue
| Laboratory | 34.3 kg/sqft #10 Highest
| 4,508 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
Carlson
🕰️
949 E 58th St
| Laboratory | 32.4 kg/sqft | 2,169 tons |
|
70800570 -- Dan Ryan
⚠️
112 W 87st
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 31.9 kg/sqft #11 Highest
| 1,967 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
70800552 -- Chicago
⚠️
7030 S Ashland Avenue
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 31.0 kg/sqft #12 Highest
| 1,963 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
10568 - EWR Edgewater
🚩
6009 N. Broadway
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 30.4 kg/sqft #13 Highest
| 1,699 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
CCD
🕰️
5700 S Maryland Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 30.2 kg/sqft | 36,452 tons |
|
Pete's 118th
🚩
3454 3620 E. 118th Street
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 30.1 kg/sqft #14 Highest
| 1,626 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
Pete's Madison
🚩
2333 W. Madison
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 29.8 kg/sqft #15 Highest
| 1,969 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
8794
🚩
(Northwestern)
320 E Superior St
| Laboratory | 29.2 kg/sqft #16 Highest
| 5,464 tons
Highest 5%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data