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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1819 S Michigan Avenue Condominium Association
1819 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 7.4 kg/sqft 
Highest 30%
| 844 tons
Lowest 50%
|
|
Bloomingdale Apartments
1745 North Keystone
| Multifamily Housing | 7.4 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 760 tons 
Lowest 46%
|
|
Goethe Astor Inc (1301 N. Astor St)
1301 N. Astor St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.4 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 415 tons
Lowest 20%
|
|
601 Condominium Association
⚠️
601 E 32nd Street
| Multifamily Housing | 7.4 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 1,413 tons
Highest 32%
|
|
190 South LaSalle
⚡
190 South Lasalle
| Office | 7.4 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 6,524 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
Buena Shores
833 W.Buena Avenue
| Multifamily Housing | 7.4 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 1,373 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
Linea Apartments (ln257)
215 W Lake St
| Multifamily Housing | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 31%
| 1,755 tons
Highest 25%
|
|
1308 N Elston Avenue
⚡
1308 N Elston
| Mixed Use Property | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 31%
| 566 tons
Lowest 33%
|
|
Fulton West
1330 W. Fulton Street
| Office | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 31%
| 2,242 tons
Highest 19%
|
|
Logan Arts Center
915 E 60th St.
| Performing Arts | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 31%
| 1,378 tons
Highest 33%
|
|
Durkin Park
(CPS)
8445 S Kolin Ave
| K-12 School | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 31%
| 579 tons
Lowest 35%
|
|
Juarez HS
⚠️
(CPS)
1450 W Cermak Rd
| K-12 School | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 31%
| 1,861 tons
Highest 23%
|
|
Galileo
(CPS)
820 S Carpenter St
| K-12 School | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 31%
| 747 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
Mozart
(CPS)
2200 N Hamlin Ave
| K-12 School | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 31%
| 676 tons
Lowest 41%
|
|
Ariel / U of C NKO
(CPS)
1119 E 46th St
| K-12 School | 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 31%
| 1,067 tons
Highest 41%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data