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.)
216 W Jackson Blvd ⚡ 216 W Jackson Blvd	Office	-	-
Yards Forman Mills ⚠️ 4520 S Damen Ave	Retail Store	-	-
Yards Burlington ⚠️ 4510 S Damen Ave	Retail Store	-	-
Tilden HS -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 4747 S Union Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Phillips Academy HS -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 244 E Pershing Rd	K-12 School	-	-
Julian HS -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 10330 S Elizabeth St	K-12 School	-	-
Hyde Park Academy HS -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 6220 S Stony Island Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Garvey Elementary -CPS ⚡ (CPS) 10309 S Morgan St	K-12 School	-	-
Fenger Achievement Academy -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 11220 S Wallace St	K-12 School	-	-
Crane Achievement Academy -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 2245 W Jackson Blvd	K-12 School	-	-
Carver Middle -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 801 E 133rd Pl	K-12 School	-	-
Bowen Environmental Studies HS -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 2710 E 89th St	K-12 School	-	-
Austin Polytechical HS -CPS ⚠️ (CPS) 231 N Pine Ave	K-12 School	-	-
Garfield Park Conservatory, Fieldhouse & Trades ⚡ 🕰️ 300 North Central Park	Other	-	-
235 W. Van Buren Condo Association 235 W Van Buren	Multifamily Housing	-	-

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data