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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
112th Street Building
11203 S Ellis St
| Office | 8.3 kg/sqft 
Highest 21%
| 508 tons 
Lowest 28%
|
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5411 N Winthrop-CLK
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5411 N Winthrop
| Multifamily Housing | 8.3 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
| 420 tons
Lowest 20%
|
|
72 E 11th St
(Columbia)
72 E 11th St
| College/University | 8.3 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
| 553 tons
Lowest 32%
|
|
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center, Inc.
5001-5013 S. Michigan Avenue
| Other - Services | 8.3 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
| 497 tons
Lowest 27%
|
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Reside on Morse
🕰️
1340 W MORSE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 8.3 kg/sqft | 518 tons |
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Village Market at Lakeshore East
⚠️
333 E. Benton Place
| Enclosed Mall | 8.3 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
| 872 tons
Highest 48%
|
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Skiritai Bittersweet LLC
⚠️
732 W. Bitterwsweet Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 8.3 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
| 456 tons
Lowest 23%
|
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350 North Orleans (Rivion LLC)
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350 North Orleans Street
| Office | 8.3 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
| 15,589 tons #24 Highest
|
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Gateway Apartments (Sneider Apartments)
7450 N Rogers
| Multifamily Housing | 8.3 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
| 809 tons
Lowest 49%
|
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New Malcolm X College
(City Colleges)
1900 W Jackson Blvd
| College/University | 8.2 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
| 4,473 tons
Highest 7%
|
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Dever
3436 N Osceola Ave
| K-12 School | 8.2 kg/sqft
Highest 22%
| 369 tons
Lowest 14%
|
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Lee
6448 S Tripp Ave
| K-12 School | 8.2 kg/sqft
Highest 22%
| 468 tons
Lowest 25%
|
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Central States
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8647 West Higgins Road
| Office | 8.2 kg/sqft
Highest 22%
| 1,216 tons
Highest 37%
|
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Lathrop - S101
2737 N Hoyne Avenue
| Multifamily Housing | 8.2 kg/sqft
Highest 22%
| 571 tons
Lowest 34%
|
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Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago
126 E Chestnut St
| Worship Facility | 8.2 kg/sqft
Highest 22%
| 1,341 tons
Highest 34%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data