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.)
440 W Barry LLC 440 W Barry Ave	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	305 tons Lowest 8%
1407 on Michigan (on042) ⚠️ 1407 S Michigan Ave # 100	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	780 tons Lowest 48%
Three Sixty West Condos 360 W Erie St.	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	480 tons Lowest 26%
Eight Eleven Uptown (gh000) 📷 811 W Agatite Avenue	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	2,340 tons Highest 17%
Solstice on the Park 1616 E 56th St	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	1,537 tons Highest 29%
4631 🕰️ ⚠️ 4631-37 S. Lake Park	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft	266 tons
The Elle (lz28) 801 S. Financial Place	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	2,942 tons Highest 13%
2211 N Milwaukee (ll036) 📷 ⚡ 2211 N Milwaukee Ave	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	545 tons Lowest 31%
Sedgwick at Locust 367 W. Locust St.	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	420 tons Lowest 20%
NEXT - CO (nx04) 347 W Chestnut St	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	1,938 tons Highest 23%
CA Condos on Adams 1116 S. Adams St.	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	708 tons Lowest 43%
Old Town Midrise Condo 🕰️ ⚠️ 343 W Old Town Court	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft	412 tons
1255 N. State Parkway Condominium Association ⚠️ 1255 N State Parkway	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	505 tons Lowest 28%
Farcroft Park, LLC ⚠️ 1337 West Fargo	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	528 tons Lowest 30%
Coastland Apartments, Inc. 🏆 2666 E. 73rd St.	Multifamily Housing	4.6 kg/sqft Lowest 18%	292 tons Lowest 7%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data