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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
MAYNARD AT ELAINE PLACE - CLK
🕰️
3426 N Elaine Place
| Multifamily Housing | 1.2 kg/sqft  | 368 tons |
|
33 S Ashland Ave
📷
🕰️
⚠️
33 S Ashland Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 1.2 kg/sqft | 79 tons |
|
Dream Town
🕰️
⚠️
4032 W. Madison St
| Office | 1.2 kg/sqft | 103 tons |
|
Olive-Harvey College - South Side Learning Center - Board of Trustees, Community
⚠️
(City Colleges)
10001 South Woodlawn Ave
| College/University | 1.2 kg/sqft
#4 Lowest in Chicago*
| 3,522 tons 
Highest 10%
|
|
104 S LAFLIN ST
📷
🕰️
⚠️
104 S LAFLIN ST
| Multifamily Housing | 1.1 kg/sqft | 70 tons |
|
2130-2140 W Fulton
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⚠️
2130 2140 W Fulton St
| Office | 1.1 kg/sqft | 57 tons |
|
Prodigy Wood-CPS
⚡
🕰️
(CPS)
4511 S EVANS AVE
| K-12 School | 1.1 kg/sqft | 157 tons |
|
Cabrini Rowhomes
📷
🕰️
⚠️
(CHA)
900 N Hudson
| Multifamily Housing | 1.1 kg/sqft | 819 tons |
|
U.S. Cellular Plaza - 8430 _ Goby LLC
🏆
⚡
8430 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
| Office | 1.0 kg/sqft
#2 Lowest in Chicago*
| 343 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
116 S. Michigan Ave.
🏆
116 S. Michigan Ave.
| College/University | 1.0 kg/sqft
#2 Lowest in Chicago*
| 115 tons
#3 Lowest in Chicago*
|
|
11414 S HALSTED ST
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11414 S HALSTED ST
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 1.0 kg/sqft | 66 tons |
|
Morgan Park United Methodist Church
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⚠️
11030 S. Longwood Dr
| Worship Facility | 0.9 kg/sqft | 62 tons |
|
Devon Executive
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🕰️
4001 W Devon Ave
| Office | 0.9 kg/sqft | 47 tons |
|
ACE Technical Charter High School
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⚠️
(CPS)
5400 S State St
| K-12 School | 0.9 kg/sqft | 59 tons |
|
PowellStBrdg-CPS
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(CPS)
7765 S COLES AVE
| K-12 School | 0.8 kg/sqft | 80 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data