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.)
Newberry Park Apartments 1355 South Blue Island	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	571 tons Lowest 34%
TRC Senior Village I 346 E 53rd St.	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	375 tons Lowest 15%
Reside on Wellington 510 West Wellington Avenue	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	405 tons Lowest 19%
CICS Basil 1816 W. Garfield Blvd.	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	320 tons Lowest 10%
Talcott ⚠️ (CPS) 1840 W Ohio St	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	713 tons Lowest 43%
Chicago Bulls College Prep (CPS) 2040 W Adams	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	649 tons Lowest 39%
Pullman (CPS) 11311 S Forrestville Ave	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	451 tons Lowest 23%
Haugan (CPS) 4540 N Hamlin Ave	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	779 tons Lowest 48%
Pershing (CPS) 3200 S Calumet Ave	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	726 tons Lowest 44%
Sawyer (CPS) 5248 S Sawyer Ave	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	919 tons Highest 46%
Burnham (CPS) 9928 S Crandon Ave	K-12 School	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	457 tons Lowest 24%
Burley & 92nd Centre 🕰️ ⚠️ 9230 S Burley Ave	Senior Living Community	5.6 kg/sqft	810 tons
Elizabeth Davis Apartments (CHA) 440 N. Drake Ave	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	618 tons Lowest 37%
3150 CA 🕰️ ⚠️ 3150 N Lake Shore Dr	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft	2,770 tons
The Caravel 635 North Dearborn Street	Multifamily Housing	5.6 kg/sqft Lowest 45%	1,195 tons Highest 37%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data