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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1515 Michigan Avenue Condominium Association
1515 -1525 S. Michigan Ave.
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft 
Lowest 22%
| 299 tons
Lowest 8%
|
|
North Center Senior Housing, NFP (St. Vincent DePaul Residence)
🕰️
⚠️
4040 N Oakley St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft | 404 tons |
|
Surf II LLC
420 W Surf St
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 269 tons
Lowest 5%
|
|
Nathalie Salmon House
7320 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 246 tons
Lowest 4%
|
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Palmer SOuare
2128 N Kedzie
| Multifamily Housing | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 1,016 tons 
Highest 43%
|
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Thorp J / Learn-South Chicago
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(CPS)
8914 S Buffalo Ave
| K-12 School | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 646 tons
Lowest 39%
|
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Darwin
(CPS)
3116 W Belden Ave
| K-12 School | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 588 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
Fort Dearborn
(CPS)
9025 S Throop St
| K-12 School | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 398 tons
Lowest 18%
|
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Seward
(CPS)
4600 S Hermitage Ave
| K-12 School | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 363 tons
Lowest 14%
|
|
Oglesby
(CPS)
7646 S Green St
| K-12 School | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 374 tons
Lowest 15%
|
|
Jahn
(CPS)
3149 N Wolcott Ave
| K-12 School | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 400 tons
Lowest 18%
|
|
Audubon
(CPS)
3500 N Hoyne Ave
| K-12 School | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 346 tons
Lowest 13%
|
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Bronzeville Classical
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(CPS)
8 W Root St
| K-12 School | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 308 tons
Lowest 9%
|
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Neil Elementary, Jane A -CPS
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(CPS)
8555 S Michigan Ave
| K-12 School | 4.8 kg/sqft | 348 tons |
|
363 Erie IL Partners LLC
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363 W. Erie St.
| Office | 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 570 tons
Lowest 34%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data