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.)
731 S Plymouth 731 S Plymouth	Multifamily Housing	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	1,005 tons Highest 43%
Charles A Beckett Associates, LP 🕰️ ⚠️ 400 E 41st St	Multifamily Housing	6.6 kg/sqft	2,611 tons
7130 Cyril Court Apartments 7130 S. Cyril Ct.	Multifamily Housing	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	537 tons Lowest 30%
Belle Plaine Apartments 820 W. Belle Plaine	Multifamily Housing	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	1,573 tons Highest 28%
Minnie Riperton Apartments (CHA) 4250 S. Princeton Ave	Multifamily Housing	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	1,388 tons Highest 33%
Illinois Institute of Technology- DTC 📷 ⚠️ (Illinois Tech) 565 West Adams Street	College/University	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	1,876 tons Highest 23%
33 West Monroe ⚡ 33 W. Monroe Street	Office	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	7,182 tons Highest 4%
Arc at Old Colony 37 West Van Buren St.	Multifamily Housing	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	1,306 tons Highest 35%
Sunshine Enterprise, LLC Series V (228 S Wabash) ⚡ 228 South Wabash	Office	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	427 tons Lowest 21%
717 N Michigan Avenue 📷 ⚠️ 717 N Michigan Avenue	Other	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	405 tons Lowest 19%
Folio SOuare Condominium Association 124 W. Polk St.	Multifamily Housing	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	709 tons Lowest 43%
One East 15th Place Condominium 1529 S State St	Multifamily Housing	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	1,236 tons Highest 36%
Academy of General Dentistry ⚡ 560 - 566 W. Lake	Office	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	748 tons Lowest 46%
1747 W. Roosevelt 1747 W. Roosevelt	Office	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	1,022 tons Highest 42%
1209 W Sherwin Ave 1209 W Sherwin Ave	Multifamily Housing	6.6 kg/sqft Highest 42%	330 tons Lowest 11%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data