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.)
3150 North Sheridan Road Condominium (3150 N Sheridan Rd ) 3150 N Sheridan Rd	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	1,186 tons Highest 38%
Lincoln Perry Apartments 3245 S. Prairie Ave	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	1,391 tons Highest 33%
Lathrop 1A ⚠️ (CHA) 2000 W Diversey Avenue	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	2,186 tons Highest 19%
Park Alexandria Condominium Association ⚠️ 125 South Jefferson Street	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	1,880 tons Highest 23%
100 Bellevue Place 100 East Bellevue Place	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	1,563 tons Highest 29%
Hermitage on Huron Condominium (235635) ⚠️ 70 West Huron Street	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	1,183 tons Highest 38%
The Mark Condominium Association 📷 4260 N Broadway St	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	237 tons Lowest 3%
422 West Melrose 422 - 424 West Melrose Street	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	732 tons Lowest 45%
Parkside SOuare Condominium Association 5501-5525 N. Chester Ave	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	273 tons Lowest 6%
Solheim Center 930 N. Wells ⚠️ (Moody Bible) 820 N. Lasalle	College/University	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	348 tons Lowest 13%
Northpoint 🕰️ 7717 North Paulina	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft	1,354 tons
Aston -CO (pt64) ⚠️ 200 E Illinois St.	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	2,554 tons Highest 16%
AMLI Lofts Clark (ml76) 850 South Clark Street	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	912 tons Highest 47%
777 Condominium (777 N Michigan Ave ) 777 N Michigan Ave	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	1,727 tons Highest 25%
East Park Tower 5242 S Hyde Park	Multifamily Housing	4.5 kg/sqft Lowest 26%	622 tons Lowest 38%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data