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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
0901AS - Chicago, IL
⚠️
3400 N. Western Avenue
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 25.1 kg/sqft  #28 Highest
| 1,396 tons
Highest 32%
|
|
53100516--CHICAGO
🚩
2112 N Ashland Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 24.8 kg/sqft #29 Highest
| 1,982 tons
Highest 22%
|
|
53100507--CHICAGO
🚩
5353 N. Elston
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 24.7 kg/sqft #30 Highest
| 1,563 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
Hotel Palomar Chicago
🕰️
⚠️
505 N State St
| Multifamily Housing | 24.7 kg/sqft | 3,473 tons |
|
1547 CSR-Chicago Wells, LLC
🚩
📷
725 S. Wells
| Data Center | 24.6 kg/sqft #31 Highest
| 1,620 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
03224AS - Chicago, IL
🚩
6430 W. Irving Park Rd
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 24.4 kg/sqft #32 Highest
| 1,404 tons
Highest 32%
|
|
Comer Children's Hospital
🕰️
5721 S Maryland Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 24.4 kg/sqft | 9,611 tons |
|
03721AS - Chicago, IL
⚠️
6107 S. Archer Ave.
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 24.1 kg/sqft #33 Highest
| 1,208 tons
Highest 37%
|
|
Physics Research Center (PRC)
🚩
933 East 56th Street
| Laboratory | 23.9 kg/sqft #35 Highest
| 1,604 tons
Highest 28%
|
|
04500AS - Chicago, IL
⚠️
1340 S Canal St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 23.9 kg/sqft #35 Highest
| 1,709 tons
Highest 26%
|
|
Provident Hospital
🚩
500 E. 51st St.
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 23.8 kg/sqft #36 Highest
| 8,893 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
03538AS - Chicago, IL
⚠️
1763 W Howard St
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 23.6 kg/sqft #37 Highest
| 1,659 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
Fifth Third Arena
⚠️
1801 W. Jackson Blvd.
| Ice/Curling Rink | 23.5 kg/sqft #39 Highest
| 2,998 tons
Highest 13%
|
|
26 North Halsted
⚠️
26 North Halsted
| Office | 23.5 kg/sqft #39 Highest
| 1,449 tons
Highest 31%
|
|
Rush University Medical Center
🚨
📷
1653 W Congress Pkwy
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 23.0 kg/sqft #40 Highest
| 97,340 tons #1 Highest
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data