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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
825 835 W Cornelia Ave
⚡
❌
825 835 W Cornelia Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
4048 S Lake Park Ave
⚠️
4048 S Lake Park Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
8915 S Loomis St
⚠️
8915 S Loomis St
| Residential | - | - |
|
Hyde Park West Apartments & Townhomes
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⚠️
5325 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
4510 4518 N Ashland Ave
⚠️
4510 4518 N Ashland Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
7914 7932 S Wabash Ave
⚠️
7914 7932 S Wabash Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
4627 4637 S Drexel Blvd
⚡
❌
4627 4637 S Drexel Blvd
| Residential | - | - |
|
Carver Millitary Academy -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
13100 S Carver Dr
| K-12 School | - | - |
|
Eastwood by the Lake
⚡
❌
809 817 W Eastwood Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
Chicago Vocational Career Academy -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
2106 E 87th St
| K-12 School | - | - |
|
523 531 W Cornelia Ave
⚡
❌
523 531 W Cornelia Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
3515 3525 W Franklin Blvd
⚠️
3515 3525 W Franklin Blvd
| Residential | - | - |
|
Veterans Square strip center & office bldg
⚡
❌
4827 4855 N Milwaukee Ave
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Marquee at Block 37
⚠️
108 N State St
| Enclosed Mall | - | - |
|
5301 5311 W Washington Blvd
⚡
❌
5301 5311 W Washington Blvd
| Residential | - | - |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data