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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pete's Cermak
🚩
2526 W. Cermak
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 29.0 kg/sqft  #17 Highest
| 2,143 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
DCAM
🕰️
5758 S Maryland Ave
| Ambulatory Surgical Center | 28.6 kg/sqft | 15,393 tons |
|
NMH Olson Pavilion
⚠️
(Northwestern)
710 N Fairbanks Ct
| Laboratory | 28.6 kg/sqft #18 Highest
| 10,388 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
Pete's Kedgie
🚩
4700 S. Kedgie
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 28.1 kg/sqft #19 Highest
| 1,519 tons
Highest 30%
|
|
Bernard Mitchell Hospital
🕰️
5815 S Maryland Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 27.9 kg/sqft | 12,008 tons |
|
McLean
🕰️
5824 S Ellis Ave
| Laboratory | 27.7 kg/sqft | 3,090 tons |
|
8846
⚠️
(Northwestern)
303 E Superior St
| Laboratory | 27.0 kg/sqft #20 Highest
| 11,315 tons #45 Highest
|
|
03470AS - Chicago, IL
⚠️
3570 North Elston
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 26.8 kg/sqft #21 Highest
| 1,472 tons
Highest 31%
|
|
03181AS - Chicago, IL
🚩
87 W 87th Street
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 26.6 kg/sqft #22 Highest
| 1,861 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
00187AS - Chicago, IL
⚠️
11730 S. Marshfield Ave.
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 26.2 kg/sqft #23 Highest
| 1,612 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
10643 - LVW Lakeview
🚩
3201 North Ashland Avenue
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 26.0 kg/sqft #24 Highest
| 2,134 tons
Highest 20%
|
|
Lurie Children's Lincoln Park Outpatient Center - Deming
🕰️
467 W Deming Pl
| Mixed Use Property | 25.8 kg/sqft | 1,623 tons |
|
1241AS - Chicago, IL
🚩
1341 N Paulina
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 25.8 kg/sqft #25 Highest
| 1,351 tons
Highest 34%
|
|
03546AS - Chicago, IL
⚠️
424 W Division St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 25.4 kg/sqft #26 Highest
| 1,692 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
Stroger Hospital Campus
🚨
📷
1901 W. Harrison St.
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 25.3 kg/sqft #27 Highest
| 40,317 tons #5 Highest
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data