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.)
O11970/2401 W GRACE ST/CHICAGO/IL 2401 W Grace St	Office	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	551 tons Lowest 32%
The Renaissance 901 W. Argyle Ave.	Multifamily Housing	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	382 tons Lowest 16%
345 North Morgan 📷 345 N Morgan St	Office	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	1,388 tons Highest 33%
900 West Condo (900 W Washington Blvd) 900 W Washington Blvd	Multifamily Housing	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	403 tons Lowest 18%
Lincoln Common A1 ⚡ 2345 N Lincoln	Multifamily Housing	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	2,196 tons Highest 19%
Noca Blu ⚠️ 2340 N California Ave	Multifamily Housing	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	742 tons Lowest 45%
Cicero & George 4800 W. George St.	Multifamily Housing	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	450 tons Lowest 23%
5114 N Christiana Ave. (North Park) 5114 N Christiana Ave.	College/University	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	434 tons Lowest 21%
311 W Superior Street 311 W Superior Street	Office	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	552 tons Lowest 32%
Vanguard Lofts Condominium Association 1250 W. Van Buren St.	Multifamily Housing	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	694 tons Lowest 42%
Saucedo / Telpochcalli (CPS) 2850 W 24th Blvd	K-12 School	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	1,711 tons Highest 26%
South Shore Intl HS (CPS) 1955 E 75th St	K-12 School	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	1,259 tons Highest 36%
Gale Community Academy, Stephen F -CPS 🕰️ ⚠️ (CPS) 1631 W Jonquil Ter	K-12 School	5.9 kg/sqft	935 tons
Jesse Sherwood Elementary School 🕰️ ⚠️ (CPS) 245 W 57th St	K-12 School	5.9 kg/sqft	307 tons
Holden (CPS) 1104 W 31st St	K-12 School	5.9 kg/sqft Lowest 44%	586 tons Lowest 35%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data