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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Transforming Housing III
⚡
❌
7000 S Parnell Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
Allstate Building
⚡
❌
3245 W Arthington St
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Mayan Lagoon Apartments
⚡
❌
1345 1359 W Estes Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
Farragut Career Academy HS -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
2345 S Christiana Ave
| K-12 School | - | - |
|
Auburn Gresham Health and Wellness Center
⚠️
(CPS)
8131 S May St
| Health Care | - | - |
|
4950 4952 S Prairie Ave
⚡
❌
4950 4952 S Prairie Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
4520 4528 S Drexel Blvd
⚡
❌
4520 4528 S Drexel Blvd
| Residential | - | - |
|
Lawson Partners
⚠️
30 W Chicago
| Multifamily Housing | - | - |
|
5527 5537 S EVERETT AVE
⚡
❌
5527 5537 S EVERETT AVE
| - | - | |
|
1100 N Clark St
⚠️
1100 N Clark St
| Automobile Dealership | - | - |
|
Bogan HS -CPS
⚠️
(CPS)
3939 W 79th St
| K-12 School | - | - |
|
860 N Dewitt Pl Apartments
⚠️
860 N Dewitt Pl
| Residential | - | - |
|
6747 6759 S OGLESBY AVE
⚡
❌
6747 6759 S OGLESBY AVE
| - | - | |
|
7144 7148 S Jeffery Blvd
⚠️
7144 7148 S Jeffery Blvd
| Residential | - | - |
|
Clemente Community Academy HS -CPS
⚡
(CPS)
1147 N Western Ave
| K-12 School | - | - |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data