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(opens in a new tab). 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 / AddressPrimary Property Type GHG Intensity
(kg CO2 eq./sqft)
Total GHG Emissions
(tons CO2 eq.)
1100 N. Lake Shore Condominium Association
🕰️
1100 N LAKESHORE DR
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
1,239 tons
200 East Delaware
200 E. Delaware Place
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
1,846 tons
Highest 24%
Residences at Riverbend Condominium (333 N Canal St )
⚠️
333 N Canal St
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
3,235 tons
Highest 11%
Metropolitan Tower Condo Association
310 S Michigan Ave
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
3,114 tons
Highest 12%
Avenue East Condominiums
160 East Illinois Street
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
1,406 tons
Highest 32%
One One One Morgan
🕰️
111 S Morgan St
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
1,037 tons
Lakeside Tower Condo Association
1600 S Indiana Ave
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
1,305 tons
Highest 35%
1000 Adams CA
1000 W. Adams Street
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
1,006 tons
Highest 43%
The Scott Condominium Association
⚠️
60-70 E. Scott St.
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
434 tons
Lowest 21%
Hunter Properties, Inc. (1055 W. Catalpa Ave.)
1055 W. Catalpa Ave.
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
364 tons
Lowest 14%
Renaissance Place at Hyde Park Condominium Association North
5200 S Ellis
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
651 tons
Lowest 39%
Cornerstone Apartments
747 East 47th St
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
392 tons
Lowest 17%
Polish Roman Catholic Union of America
🕰️
984 N MILWAUKEE AVE
Museum
5.4 kg/sqft
285 tons
Park Gables Apartment Homes, INC
🏆
2438-2484 W Estes Ave
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
559 tons
Lowest 33%
Reside at Belmont Harbor
⚠️
426 West Belmont Avenue
Multifamily Housing
5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 34%
317 tons
Lowest 10%
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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)