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.)
Ogden ES Branch @ Jenner (CPS) 1119 N Cleveland Avenue	K-12 School	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	514 tons Lowest 28%
Mosaic (CPS) 6710 N Washtenaw Ave	K-12 School	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	522 tons Lowest 29%
Barry (CPS) 2828 N Kilbourn Ave	K-12 School	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	451 tons Lowest 23%
Stockton Specialty, Joseph -CPS 🕰️ ⚠️ (CPS) 4420 N Beacon St	K-12 School	5.7 kg/sqft	639 tons
Hitch (CPS) 5625 N Mcvicker Ave	K-12 School	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	464 tons Lowest 24%
Von Linne (CPS) 3221 N Sacramento Ave	K-12 School	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	604 tons Lowest 37%
990 West Fullerton Building 📷 ⚠️ (DePaul) 990 West Fullerton Ave	College/University	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	527 tons Lowest 30%
Clybourn 2601 N. Clybourn Street	Retail Store	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	818 tons Lowest 49%
Park Tower Condominium Association 5415 N. Sheridan Rd.	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	4,916 tons Highest 6%
Harbor View Condo Assoc (1901 S. Calumet) ⚠️ 1901 S. Calumet	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	2,378 tons Highest 17%
River City 800 S. Wells Street	Mixed Use Property	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	5,621 tons Highest 5%
The Duplex Tower 6166 N. Sheridan Road	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	1,115 tons Highest 40%
One East Scott (237373) ⚠️ 1 East Scott St.	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft Lowest 41%	1,042 tons Highest 41%
1201 1213 W LELAND AVE 🕰️ ⚠️ 1201 1213 W LELAND AVE	Multifamily Housing	5.7 kg/sqft	430 tons
629 Cermak/2215 Ford 🕰️ 629 W Cermak Rd	Office	5.7 kg/sqft	606 tons

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data