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.)
Shields Main-CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 4250 S Rockwell St	K-12 School	-	-
Robeson HS -CPS ⚡ ❌ (CPS) 6821 S Normal		-	-
The Montessori School of Englewood ⚠️ (CPS) 6936 S Hermitage Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Young Elementary -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 1434 N Parkside Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Ross Elementary (Cockrell Cpc) -CPS ⚡ ❌ (CPS) 6059 S Wabash Ave	K-12 School	-	-
South Loop -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 1212 S Plymouth Ct	K-12 School	-	-
Williams Multiplex Elementary -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 2710 S Dearborn St	K-12 School	-	-
Sizemore - Shabazz Charter ⚡ ❌ 1540 W 84th St	K-12 School	-	-
Albany Square ⚡ ❌ 4445 N PULASKI RD		-	-
Chippewa Apartments ⚠️ 5050 S East End Ave	Residential	-	-
Saint Hedwig Parish ⚡ 🕰️ ⚠️ 2226 N Hoyne Ave		-	-
Holy Name Cathedral Parish ⚡ 🕰️ 735 N State St		-	-
1333 N Kingsbury ⚠️ 1333 N Kingsbury	Office	-	-
Walsh, John A -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 2031 S Peoria St	K-12 School	-	-
Perspectives/IIT Math & Science Academy ⚠️ 3663 S Wabash Ave	Commercial	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data

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All Buildings By Greenhouse Gas Intensity