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.)
700 Bittersweet Condominium Association 700 W Bittersweet Pl	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	712 tons Lowest 43%
Constellation Condominium Association (1555 N Dearborn Parkway) ⚠️ 1555 N Dearborn Parkway	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	719 tons Lowest 44%
Sheridan Shores Condominium Association 5740 N. Sheridan Rd.	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	545 tons Lowest 31%
Park Castle Condominium Association 🏆 2416-2458 W. Greenleaf Ave	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	455 tons Lowest 23%
2970 Lake Shore Condo Association ⚠️ 2970 N Lake Shore Drive	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	840 tons Lowest 50%
14 West Elm Apartments 14 W Elm St	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	724 tons Lowest 44%
Buena Terrace 4242 N. Sheridan Rd.	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	525 tons Lowest 30%
3616-18 North Pine Grove Avenue 🕰️ 3616-18 N. Pine Grove Ave.	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft	311 tons
1548 1558 W JUNEWAY TER 🕰️ 1548 1558 W JUNEWAY TER	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft	337 tons
Walsh Park Apartments 1734 N. Paulina Street	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	539 tons Lowest 31%
4600 N. Cumberland Condominium Association 4600 N. Cumberland Ave.	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	340 tons Lowest 12%
1415 Lunt Condominium Association ⚠️ 1415 W Lunt Ave	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	238 tons Lowest 3%
Daley Center 📷 (DePaul) 14 East Jackson Blvd.	College/University	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	2,118 tons Highest 20%
17 N. State LLC 17 N. State Street	Office	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	2,350 tons Highest 17%
Randolph Wells 205 W Randolph	Office	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 47%	1,135 tons Highest 39%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data