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.)
The Whitehall Hotel ⚡ ❌ 103 109 E Delaware Pl	Residential	-	-
426 432 W BRIAR PL ⚡ ❌ 426 432 W BRIAR PL		-	-
525 531 W Arlington Pl ⚠️ 525 531 W Arlington Pl	Residential	-	-
The Audley ⚠️ 2740 2750 N Hampden Ct	Residential	-	-
Parkway Apartments ⚠️ 712 720 W Diversey Pkwy	Residential	-	-
The Carolan Apartments ⚠️ 5480 S Cornell Ave	Residential	-	-
5816 N Sheridan Rd ⚡ ❌ 5816 N Sheridan Rd	Residential	-	-
Southland Preservation ⚠️ 6253 S Michigan Ave	Residential	-	-
5306 N Cumberland Ave ⚠️ 5306 N Cumberland Ave	Residential	-	-
Drexel Square ⚡ ❌ 810 E Hyde Park Blvd	Residential	-	-
Mireles Academy, Arnold -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 9000 S Exchange Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Loyola Beach Apartments ⚡ ❌ 7064 N Sheridan Rd	Residential	-	-
1533 W Jarvis Ave ⚠️ 1533 W Jarvis Ave	Residential	-	-
1548 1558 W JUNEWAY TER ⚡ 🕰️ 1548 1558 W JUNEWAY TER		-	-
7618 7628 N Eastlake Ter ⚠️ 7618 7628 N Eastlake Ter	Residential	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data

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All Buildings By Greenhouse Gas Intensity