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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Incubator Building
📷
⚡
(Illinois Tech)
55 W 34th Street
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Keating Hall
📷
⚠️
(Illinois Tech)
3040 S Wabash Avenue
| Commercial | - | - |
|
State Street Village
📷
⚡
(Illinois Tech)
3301 S State Street
| Residential | - | - |
|
Gunsaulus Hall
⚠️
(Illinois Tech)
3140 S Michigan Avenue
| Residential | - | - |
|
Cunningham Hall
⚡
❌
3100 S Michigan Avenue
| Residential | - | - |
|
Carmen Hall
📷
⚡
(Illinois Tech)
60 E 32nd Street
| Residential | - | - |
|
McCormick Tribune Campus Center
📷
⚠️
(Illinois Tech)
3201 S State Street
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Herman Hall
📷
⚡
(Illinois Tech)
3241 S Federal Street
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Galvin Library
⚡
35 W 33rd Street
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Wishnick Hall
📷
⚡
(Illinois Tech)
3255 S Dearborn Street
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Stuart Building
📷
⚡
(Illinois Tech)
10 W 31st Street
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Perlstein Hall
📷
⚠️
(Illinois Tech)
10 W 33rd Street
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Materials & Metals Building
⚡
3350 S Federal Street
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Robert A. Pritzker Science Center
📷
⚡
(Illinois Tech)
3105 S Dearborn St
| Commercial | - | - |
|
John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center
📷
⚡
(Illinois Tech)
10 W 32nd Street
| Commercial | - | - |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data