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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1625 N Harlem Ave
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1625 N Harlem Ave
| Commercial | - | - |
|
The Leo
⚡
741 N Wells St
| Residential | - | - |
|
The Saint Grand
⚡
218 E Grand Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
234 West Polk St
⚡
234 West Polk St
| Residential | - | - |
|
166 N Aberdeen St
⚡
166 N Aberdeen St
| Residential | - | - |
|
160 N Elizabeth St
⚡
160 N Elizabeth St
| Residential | - | - |
|
513 S Damen Ave
⚡
513 S Damen Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
700 W. Chicago Ave.
⚡
700 W. Chicago Ave.
| Commercial | - | - |
|
4351 S Drexel Boulevard
⚡
4351 S Drexel Boulevard
| Commercial | - | - |
|
2310 S State St
⚡
2310 S State St
| - | - | |
|
633 S Lasalle St
⚡
633 S Lasalle St
| - | - | |
|
1643 N Milwaukee Avenue
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1643 N Milwaukee Avenue
| Mixed Use Property | - | - |
|
145 South Wells
⚡
145 South Wells
| Commercial | - | - |
|
717 S. Wells
⚡
717 S. Wells
| Commercial | - | - |
|
128 S Laflin St
⚡
128 S Laflin St
| - | - |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data