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.)
Douglass, Frederick Academy HS -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 543 N Waller Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Clark Academic Prep HS -CPS ⚡ (CPS) 5101 W Harrison St	K-12 School	-	-
Herzl -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 3711 W Douglas Blvd	K-12 School	-	-
Gale Community Academy, Stephen F -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 1631 W Jonquil Ter	K-12 School	-	-
Yale -CPS ⚡ (CPS) 7025 S Princeton Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Moos Elementary -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 1711 N California Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Grant Campus -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 145 S Campbell Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Chicago Military Academy-Bronzeville -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 3533 S Giles Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Lewis Elementary, Leslie -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 1431 N Leamington Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Tanner Elementary -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 7350 S Evans Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Cooper Dual Language Academy -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 1624 W 19th St	K-12 School	-	-
Lowell Elementary -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 3320 W Hirsch St	K-12 School	-	-
Manuel Perez Elementary -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 1241 W 19th St	K-12 School	-	-
Sherwood Elementary -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 245 W 57th St	K-12 School	-	-
May Elementary Community Academy -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 512 S Lavergne Ave	K-12 School	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data