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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
630 North State Parkway Condo
630 North State
| Multifamily Housing | - | - |
|
2 East Erie Condominium Association
2 East Erie Street
| Multifamily Housing | - | - |
|
Park Place Chicago Condominium Association
600 N. Kingsbury Street
| Multifamily Housing | - | - |
|
The Farallon Condominium
600 N Dearborn St.
| Multifamily Housing | - | - |
|
617-Downtown Chicago
⚠️
620 N Lasalle St
| Retail Store | - | - |
|
540 N Lasalle St
⚡
540 N Lasalle St
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts
⚡
361 W Chestnut St
| Commercial | - | - |
|
1130 S Wabash Ave
⚡
1130 S Wabash Ave
| Office | - | - |
|
5630 S MICHIGAN AVE
⚡
🕰️
5630 S MICHIGAN AVE
| - | - | |
|
2140 N Lincoln Park West
⚠️
2140 N Lincoln Park West
| Residential | - | - |
|
2222 S Michigan Ave
⚡
2222 S Michigan Ave
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Willa Rawls Manor Apartments
⚠️
4120 S Indiana Ave
| Residential | - | - |
|
1090 - Sears
⚠️
1601 N Harlem Ave
| Commercial | - | - |
|
Greater Bethlehem Healing Temple Apostolic
🕰️
12 S Oakley BLVD
| Worship Facility | - | - |
|
Wrigley Global Innovation Center
⚠️
1132 W Blackhawk St
| Commercial | - | - |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data