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.)
Hale Lofts ⚠️ 14 N Peoria Street	Residential	-	-
1 S Leavitt Street ⚠️ (CHA) 1 S Leavitt Street	Residential	-	-
3161 N lIncoln ⚡ ❌ 3145-61 N Lincoln		-	-
Logan Vistas Apartments ⚡ ❌ 2600 North Kedzie Ave	Residential	-	-
2356 East 70th Street ⚡ ❌ 2356 East 70th Street	Residential	-	-
Coeval 1 ⚡ ❌ 51 E 14th Street	Residential	-	-
Laystrom Manufacturing Company ⚡ ❌ 3900 W Palmer St		-	-
Pullman Industrial Center ⚡ ❌ 900 East 103rd Street		-	-
South Loop Elementary School ⚡ ❌ 1601 S Dearborn St	K-12 School	-	-
1667 N Western Avenue ⚡ ❌ 1667 N Western Avenue		-	-
175 S Wells St ⚡ ❌ 175 S Wells St		-	-
Vista Tower ⚡ ❌ 363 E Wacker Dr		-	-
1554 N Talman Ave ⚡ ❌ 1554 N Talman Ave		-	-
111 S Peoria St ⚡ ❌ 111 S Peoria St		-	-
450 N Morgan St ⚡ ❌ 450 N Morgan St		-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data

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All Buildings By Greenhouse Gas Intensity