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.)
2018 2040 W Farwell Ave ⚠️ 2018 2040 W Farwell Ave	Residential	-	-
5416 5422 N KENMORE AVE ⚡ ❌ 5416 5422 N KENMORE AVE		-	-
1016 1030 W Balmoral Ave ⚠️ 1016 1030 W Balmoral Ave	Residential	-	-
6705 6707 N CALIFORNIA AVE ⚡ ❌ 6705 6707 N CALIFORNIA AVE		-	-
5948 5958 N Broadway 📷 ⚠️ 5948 5958 N Broadway	Residential	-	-
6001 N KENMORE AVE ⚡ ❌ 6001 N KENMORE AVE		-	-
Kenmore Realty Apartments ⚡ ❌ 6011 6015 N Kenmore Ave	Residential	-	-
6000 N SHERIDAN RD ⚡ ❌ 6000 N SHERIDAN RD		-	-
912 932 W GORDON TER ⚡ ❌ 912 932 W GORDON TER		-	-
Hall Plaza ⚠️ 4600 4650 W Diversey Ave	Strip Mall	-	-
841 849 W CORNELIA AVE ⚡ ❌ 841 849 W CORNELIA AVE		-	-
2828 N Cambridge Ave ⚠️ 2828 N Cambridge Ave	Residential	-	-
3161 N Cambridge Ave ⚠️ 3161 N Cambridge Ave	Residential	-	-
De La Salle Institute ⚡ 🕰️ ⚠️ 3434 S Michigan Ave		-	-
Weiss Memorial Hospital ⚠️ 4646 N Marine Dr	Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data

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All Buildings By Greenhouse Gas Intensity