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.)
Funston (CPS) 2010 N Central Park Ave	K-12 School	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	717 tons Lowest 44%
Hayt (CPS) 1518 W Granville Ave	K-12 School	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	800 tons Lowest 48%
Azuela (CPS) 4707 W Marouette Rd	K-12 School	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	636 tons Lowest 38%
Stevenson ES ⚠️ (CPS) 8010 S Kostner Ave	K-12 School	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	696 tons Lowest 42%
Barton (CPS) 7650 S Wolcott Ave	K-12 School	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	547 tons Lowest 32%
Vaughn HS (CPS) 4355 N Linder Ave	K-12 School	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	336 tons Lowest 12%
Carroll @ Rosenwald Branch (CPS) 2601 W 80th Street	K-12 School	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	394 tons Lowest 17%
Clissold (CPS) 2350 W 110th Pl	K-12 School	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	421 tons Lowest 20%
University Hall (UIC) 2345 N. Clifton Ave.	College/University	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	577 tons Lowest 35%
Belden-Racine Hall 📷 (DePaul) 2311 N. Racine	College/University	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	455 tons Lowest 23%
Paramount Lofts Condominium Association 1645 W Ogden	Multifamily Housing	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	1,835 tons Highest 24%
Vivian Carter Apartments ⚠️ (CHA) 6401 S. Yale Ave	Multifamily Housing	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	1,009 tons Highest 43%
Mann Park 🕰️ ⚠️ 2949 E 131st St	Other - Recreation	6.7 kg/sqft	344 tons
2921 S Michigan 3001 S Michigan Ave	Multifamily Housing	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	451 tons Lowest 23%
The Buckingham Condominium Association 360 E Randolph Street	Multifamily Housing	6.7 kg/sqft Highest 35%	3,393 tons Highest 10%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data