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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
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 | - | - |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data