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(opens in a new tab). 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 / AddressPrimary Property Type GHG Intensity
(kg CO2 eq./sqft)
Total GHG Emissions
(tons CO2 eq.)
Paderewski Learning Academy
2221 S LAWNDALE ST
- -
Rowe Upper School / Lozano Bilingual
⚠️
(CPS)
1424 N Cleaver Street
K-12 School - -
Bontemps Elementary -CPS
(CPS)
1241 W 58th St
- -
Kershaw Elementary, Joshua D -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
6450 S Lowe Ave
K-12 School - -
Johnson Elementary -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
1504 S Albany Ave
K-12 School - -
Evers Elementary, Medgar -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
9811 S Lowe Ave
K-12 School - -
King Elementary, William H.
740 S CAMPBELL AVE
- -
Tams Building -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
501 - 505 W 35th St
- -
Owens -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
11445 S State St
- -
Powell Elementary Paideia Acad -CPS
🕰️
(CPS)
7530 S South Shore Dr
- -
Evergreen Academy Middle -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
3537 S Paulina St
K-12 School - -
The Legacy at Millennium Park
⚠️
60 East Monroe St
Multifamily Housing - -
Raffaello Condominium Association
⚠️
201 E Delaware St
Residential - -
Presence St Elizabeth Professional Office Building
⚠️
1431 N Western Ave
Medical Office - -
Millenium Knickerbocker
163 E Walton Pl
Residential - -
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)