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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Thornwood House Apartments (University Park)
🕰️
1 Thornwood Drive
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft  | 819 tons |
|
Viridian on Sheridan (vr033)
⚠️
734 W Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 593 tons
Lowest 36%
|
|
ASPIRA Business and Finance High School
🕰️
⚠️
2989 N Milwaukee Ave
| K-12 School | 5.7 kg/sqft | 470 tons |
|
Lincoln Village 2
🕰️
⚠️
6135-6199 North Lincoln
| Strip Mall | 5.7 kg/sqft | 326 tons |
|
EMME Chicago - CO (mz16)
🕰️
⚠️
165 N Desplaines St
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft | 1,121 tons  |
|
Sunnycourt Condominiums
906-934 W Sunnyside
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 429 tons
Lowest 21%
|
|
Swartzberg House
3101 W Touhy Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 473 tons
Lowest 25%
|
|
Powell
(CPS)
7511 S South Shore Dr
| K-12 School | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 643 tons
Lowest 39%
|
|
Harold Washington Apartments
🕰️
4946 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft | 247 tons |
|
Humboldt Ridge Apartments
🕰️
⚠️
1816 N St Louis Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft | 257 tons |
|
Grace St.
635 W. Grace St.
| Multifamily Housing | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 715 tons
Lowest 44%
|
|
CICS Loomis Primary
9535 S. Loomis St.
| K-12 School | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 298 tons
Lowest 8%
|
|
Claremont Academy Elementary School
🕰️
⚠️
(CPS)
6315 S Claremont Ave
| K-12 School | 5.7 kg/sqft | 647 tons |
|
Monroe
(CPS)
3651 W Schubert Ave
| K-12 School | 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 689 tons
Lowest 42%
|
|
Otis Elementary -CPS
🕰️
⚠️
(CPS)
525 N Armour St
| K-12 School | 5.7 kg/sqft | 539 tons |
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data