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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2 12 S Halsted St
⚡
❌
2 12 S Halsted St
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Flat Iron Building
⚠️
1579 N. Milwaukee Avenue
| Office | - | - |
|
De Diego Community Academy -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
1313 N Claremont Ave
| K-12 School | - | - |
|
Wells Community Academy HS -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
936 N Ashland Ave
| K-12 School | - | - |
|
735 745 W Garfield Blvd
⚡
❌
735 745 W Garfield Blvd
| Residential | - | - |
|
1601 S State St
⚠️
1601 S State St
| Residential | - | - |
|
3727 3741 N Milwaukee Ave
⚡
❌
3727 3741 N Milwaukee Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
2472 W Foster
⚠️
2472 W Foster
| Residential | - | - |
|
2301 2305 S Michigan Ave
⚠️
2301 2305 S Michigan Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
Lakeside Lofts
⚠️
2025 S Indiana Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
1610 1620 W Fullerton Ave
⚠️
1610 1620 W Fullerton Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
4730 N Kimball Ave
⚠️
4730 N Kimball Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
4815 4835 W Belle Plaine Ave
⚡
❌
4815 4835 W Belle Plaine Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
Parkville Condominiums
⚡
❌
5726 5744 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
| Residential | - | - |
|
6801 6813 N Sheridan Rd
⚠️
6801 6813 N Sheridan Rd
| Residential | - | - |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data