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(opens in a new tab). 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 / AddressPrimary Property Type GHG Intensity
(kg CO2 eq./sqft)
Total GHG Emissions
(tons CO2 eq.)
2924 W Medill Ave
2924 W Medill Ave
Residential - -
5753 N Broadway
5753 N Broadway
Residential - -
451 E Pershing Rd
451 E Pershing Rd
Residential - -
503 E Pershing Rd
503 E Pershing Rd
- -
3449 N Ashland Ave
3449 N Ashland Ave
Residential - -
6623 S Dr Martin L King Jr Dr
6623 S Dr Martin L King Jr Dr
Commercial - -
Pershing Place
624 E Pershing Rd
Residential - -
3501 N Halsted St
3501 N Halsted St
Commercial - -
6311 S Maryland Ave
6311 S Maryland Ave
Residential - -
4942 W 44th St
4942 W 44th St
Residential - -
3431 N Ashland Ave
3431 N Ashland Ave
Commercial - -
1114 W Carroll Ave
1114 W Carroll Ave
Commercial - -
6044 N Winthrop Ave
6044 N Winthrop Ave
- -
Park Boulevard
41 W 36th St
Residential - -
RIU Plaza Hotel
150 E Ontario St
- -
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)