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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
600 West Jackson Boulevard
⚠️
600 West Jackson Boulevard
| Office | 6.3 kg/sqft 
Highest 47%
| 741 tons 
Lowest 45%
|
|
125 E 21ST ST
🕰️
⚠️
125 E 21ST ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft | 424 tons |
|
Chicago City Day School
🕰️
⚠️
541 West Hawthorne Place
| K-12 School | 6.3 kg/sqft | 546 tons |
|
624 S Michigan
(Columbia)
624 S Michigan
| College/University | 6.3 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 1,022 tons
Highest 42%
|
|
OneEleven (nl025, nl026)
111 West Wacker Drive
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 5,090 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
1600 Museum Park
1629 S Prairie Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 2,516 tons
Highest 16%
|
|
Michigan Avenue Associates LLC
2001 S Michigan
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 3,081 tons
Highest 12%
|
|
Buena Pointe Condominium
4350 N Broadway
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 945 tons
Highest 45%
|
|
1350-60 N LSD
1350 N Lake Shore Dr.
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 4,548 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
Burnham Station Condo Assoc
61 W 15th St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 697 tons
Lowest 42%
|
|
Noble SOuare Cooperative
1165 N Milwaukee
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 1,805 tons
Highest 24%
|
|
Las Americas Apartments
(CHA)
1611 S. Racine Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 6.3 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 763 tons
Lowest 47%
|
|
Burton-Judson Courts
📷
(UChicago)
1005 East 60th Street
| Residence Hall/Dormitory | 6.3 kg/sqft
Highest 47%
| 1,272 tons
Highest 35%
|
|
1380
🕰️
4730 W Irving Park Rd
| Retail Store | 6.3 kg/sqft | 2,279 tons |
|
Fairmont Care Center
⚡
🕰️
5061 N PULASKI RD
| Senior Living Community | 6.3 kg/sqft | 630 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data