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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
8509 8525 W Catherine Ave
⚠️
8509 8525 W Catherine Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
5337 5353 N Delphia Ave
⚡
❌
5337 5353 N Delphia Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
4572 N MILWAUKEE AVE
⚡
🕰️
4572 N MILWAUKEE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | - | - |
|
300 W Adams
⚠️
300 W Adams
| Office | - | - |
|
5300 5308 S Pulaski Rd
⚡
❌
5300 5308 S Pulaski Rd
| Residential | - | - |
|
721 729 W Sheridan Rd
⚠️
721 729 W Sheridan Rd
| Residential | - | - |
|
4653 4661 S Lake Park Ave
⚠️
4653 4661 S Lake Park Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
162 E Ohio St
⚠️
162 E Ohio St
| Residential | - | - |
|
LaSalle Towers
⚠️
1211 1217 N Lasalle Dr
| Residential | - | - |
|
640 644 N Wabash Ave
⚠️
640 644 N Wabash Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
5424 S CORNELL AVE
⚡
🕰️
5424 S CORNELL AVE
| - | - | |
|
7100 S South Shore Dr
⚠️
7100 S South Shore Dr
| Residential | - | - |
|
Holiday Inn Chicago-Midway Airport S
⚠️
7353 S Cicero Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
Poinsettia Apartments
⚡
❌
5528 5530 S Hyde Park Blvd
| Residential | - | - |
|
The Dunham
⚠️
7000 7008 S South Shore Dr
| Residential | - | - |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data