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.)
Chess Lofts Condominium ⚠️ 320 E 21st St	Residential	-	-
012-012-Tremont Hotel ⚠️ 100 E Chestnut	Commercial	-	-
Rubicon X Fulton ⚡ 🕰️ ⚠️ 2130 2140 W Fulton St		-	-
900 Franklin ⚡ 900 N Franklin St	Office	-	-
Latin School of Chicago Middle School ⚠️ 45 W North Blvd	K-12 School	-	-
1825 W Lawrence Ave ⚠️ 1825 W Lawrence Ave	Bank Branch	-	-
Lake Shore Hospitality Inc ⚡ ❌ 4900 S Lake Shore Dr	Residential	-	-
Cumberland Centre - Building 2 ⚠️ 5450 N Cumberland Ave	Office	-	-
Mondial River West ⚠️ 910 W Huron St	Multifamily Housing	-	-
THE CENTER of Englewood ⚡ ❌ 838 W Marquette Rd	Other	-	-
Peabody Elementary, Elizabeth ⚡ ❌ 1440 W AUGUSTA		-	-
Sherman Elementary, William T -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 1000 W 52nd St	K-12 School	-	-
Burnham Mathematics And Science Academy -CPS ⚡ ❌ (CPS) 1903 E 96th St	K-12 School	-	-
Smyth -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 1051 W 13th Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Uplift Community HS -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 900 W Wilson Ave	K-12 School	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data

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All Buildings By Greenhouse Gas Intensity