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.)
Green Street Lofts 400 S Green Street	Multifamily Housing	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	520 tons Lowest 29%
Archer Place Condominium Association ⚠️ 2272 S Archer Ave	Multifamily Housing	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	303 tons Lowest 8%
Olympia Lofts Condominium Association 831-43 W. Adams St.	Multifamily Housing	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	448 tons Lowest 22%
400 West Ontario Condominium Association 400 W Ontario St.	Multifamily Housing	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	976 tons Highest 44%
Williams Multiplex Elementary -CPS 🕰️ ⚠️ (CPS) 2710 S Dearborn St	K-12 School	4.3 kg/sqft	637 tons
Disney II HS (CPS) 3900 N Lawndale Ave	K-12 School	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	670 tons Lowest 41%
Stone (CPS) 6239 N Leavitt St	K-12 School	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	306 tons Lowest 9%
Camras ⚠️ (CPS) 3000 N Mango Ave	K-12 School	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	541 tons Lowest 31%
Field Elementary -CPS 🕰️ ⚠️ (CPS) 7019 N Ashland Ave	K-12 School	4.3 kg/sqft	455 tons
Edwards (CPS) 4815 S Karlov Ave	K-12 School	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	679 tons Lowest 41%
Faraday Elementary, Michael -CPS 🕰️ (CPS) 3250 W Monroe St	K-12 School	4.3 kg/sqft	268 tons
Sheridan (CPS) 533 W 27th St	K-12 School	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	332 tons Lowest 11%
The Belmont by Reside 3170 North Sheridan Road	Multifamily Housing	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	2,030 tons Highest 21%
Park Lincoln By Reside 2470 North Clark Street	Multifamily Housing	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	649 tons Lowest 39%
1440 N Lake Shore Drive (1440 N. Lake Shore Drive) ⚠️ 1440 N. Lake Shore Drive	Multifamily Housing	4.3 kg/sqft Lowest 14%	1,325 tons Highest 34%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data