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Electrify Chicago

An independent tool for viewing City of Chicago building data

According to the 2022 Chicago Climate Action Plan(opens in a new tab), 69% of Chicago's emissions come from buildings, making building emissions our biggest challenge and our biggest opportunity as a city to tackle climate change. At Electrify Chicago, we showcase building performance using publicly available data supplemented by community-submitted photographs and building owners.

Start by looking at Chicago's buildings with 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.

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Chicago Buildings by Greenhouse Gas Intensity

Note: Data includes large Chicago buildings with data from 2022, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Note: This data only includes buildings whose emissions are reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance(opens in a new tab). According to the City โ€œAs of 2016, this list includes all commercial, institutional, and residential buildings larger than 50,000 square feet.โ€ This dataset is also then filtered to only buildings with reported emissions > 1,000 metric tons CO2 equivalent.

The latest year of data is from 2022, 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.

Property Name / address Primary Property Type Greenhouse Gas Intensity
(kg CO2 eq./sqft)
Total Greenhouse Emissions
(metric tons CO2 eq.)
Moody Bible Institute, Solheim Center
(Moody Bible)
930 N Wells St
College/University
2.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
223 tons
Lowest 3%
OAKWOOD CHICAGO RIVER NORTH
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220 W Illinois St
Multifamily Housing
2.9 kg/sqft
483 tons
4825 4835 N CENTRAL AVE
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4825 4835 N CENTRAL AVE
Multifamily Housing
2.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
143 tons
#19 Lowest in Chicago*
1100 N. Clark St.
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1100 N. CLARK ST
Automobile Dealership
2.9 kg/sqft
383 tons
445 W Erie
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445 W Erie
Office
2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
155 tons
#25 Lowest in Chicago*
Hawthorne Point
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1511-1525 W Cullom Ave
Multifamily Housing
2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
144 tons
#20 Lowest in Chicago*
900-10 W Winona Street
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900-10 W Winona Street
Multifamily Housing
2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
146 tons
#23 Lowest in Chicago*
Oakwood Court
6547 N Harlem Avenue
Multifamily Housing
2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
324 tons
Lowest 10%
Carmen Hall
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(Illinois Tech)
60 E 32nd Street
Residence Hall/Dormitory
2.8 kg/sqft
198 tons
OurLadyofVictory_School
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5212 W Agatite
K-12 School
2.8 kg/sqft
172 tons
Holland Apartments
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240 W 107th Pl
Multifamily Housing
2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
164 tons
#29 Lowest in Chicago*
Newberry Plaza Townhouse Owners Association
1000 N STATE ST
Multifamily Housing
2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
171 tons
Lowest 1%
U.S. Cellular Plaza - 8430 _ Goby LLC
8430 W Bryn Mawr Ave
Office
2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
558 tons
Lowest 31%
1247 1249 W MADISON ST
1247 1249 W MADISON ST
Multifamily Housing
2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
441 tons
Lowest 20%
Dickens Place Condominium Association
2100 N RACINE AVE
Multifamily Housing
2.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 3%
205 tons
Lowest 2%
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)