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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chicago Temple Building
77 W. Washington
| Office | 6.6 kg/sqft 
Highest 42%
| 1,565 tons
Highest 29%
|
|
225 West Washington
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225 West Washington
| Office | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 42%
| 3,512 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
200 West Monroe
200 W. Monroe
| Office | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 42%
| 4,632 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
Fine Arts Building
408 410 S. Michigan Ave
| Office | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 42%
| 1,067 tons
Highest 41%
|
|
233 North Michigan Avenue
⚠️
233 North Michigan Avenue
| Office | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 42%
| 6,953 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
C7131YAT (22222)
⚠️
7131 S Yates Blvd
| Multifamily Housing | 6.6 kg/sqft
Highest 42%
| 464 tons 
Lowest 25%
|
|
Merrimac Square Condominium II Association
6526 W. Irving Park Rd.
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 43%
| 340 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
North+Vine
633 W North Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 1,637 tons
Highest 27%
|
|
Motif on Belden
📷
2845 W Belden Avenue
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 460 tons
Lowest 24%
|
|
Everett McKinley Dirksen Elementary School
🕰️
⚠️
8601 W Foster Avenue
| K-12 School | 6.5 kg/sqft | 770 tons |
|
1251 S. Michigan Avenue
🕰️
1251 S. Michigan Avenue
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft | 4,028 tons |
|
Aloft Chicago Mag Mile
⚠️
243 E. Ontario Street
| Hotel | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 1,239 tons
Highest 36%
|
|
Eight O Five (gh04)
805 N Lasalle Dr.
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 1,767 tons
Highest 25%
|
|
Cudahy Library-ID#254164
(Loyola)
6515 N Kenmore Ave
| Library | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 808 tons
Lowest 49%
|
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2901 S Michigan
3001 S Michigan Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 44%
| 1,193 tons
Highest 37%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data