According to the
2022 Chicago Climate Action Plan,
a whopping 69% of Chicago's emissions come from buildings, making it
our biggest challenge and our biggest opportunity as a city to tackle
change. At Electrify Chicago we want to showcase some of the best and worst performing
buildings in the city using publicly available data and manual annotations to add
building photographs and label multi-building owners like universities.
You can start by looking at Chicago's buildings with the highest greenhouse gas intensity - this means that they use the most energy when adjusted per unit of square foot, so big buildings could actually perform much better than very inefficient small buildings on this metric.
As of late January 2024, legislation is being introduced to require new buildings use more efficient forms of water and space heating, via the Clean And Affordable Buildings Ordinance (CABO), which will reduce the number of highly polluting and inefficient that end up on this site.
If you're in Chicago,
write to your alderman to support the CABO!
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.” This dataset is also then filtered to only buildings with
reported emissions > 1,000 metric tons CO2 equivalent.
This data is also from 2021, but when new benchmark data is available, we'll update the site.
Property Name / address | Primary Property Type |
Greenhouse Gas Intensity (kg CO2 eq./sqft) |
Total Greenhouse Emissions (metric tons CO2 eq.) |
---|---|---|---|
Madden Wells Ph 1A
3744-54 S ELLIS AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 639 tons
Lowest 38%
|
Schreiber Center- ID#254355
16 E PEARSON ST
| College/University | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 409 tons
Lowest 19%
|
Moser Building Condominium Association
621 S Plymouth Ct
| Multifamily Housing | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 470 tons
Lowest 24%
|
343 W Erie St
343 W. Erie St
| Office | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 275 tons
Lowest 7%
|
Patrick Henry Elementary School
(CPS)
4250 N St Louis Ave
| K-12 School | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 284 tons
Lowest 8%
|
Park Newberry
55 W Delaware Pl
| Multifamily Housing | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 841 tons
Lowest 48%
|
Bronzeville Lofts
50 E 26TH ST
| Multifamily Housing | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 295 tons
Lowest 9%
|
Cosmopolitan Lofts Condominium Association
1133 1137 S WABASH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 326 tons
Lowest 11%
|
Marshfield Lofts
1734 1740 N MARSHFIELD AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 229 tons
Lowest 4%
|
Catalyst-Maria
6727 S California Ave
| K-12 School | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 557 tons
Lowest 32%
|
1300 Dearborn
1300 1310 N DEARBORN ST
| Retail Store | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 191 tons
Lowest 2%
|
4039-43 N Ravenswood LLC
4043 N Ravenswood Ave
| Other | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 292 tons
Lowest 9%
|
5527-5541 N. Kenmore, LLC
5527 5539 N KENMORE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 3.2 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 251 tons
Lowest 5%
|
360 West Condo Association
360 W Erie Street
| Multifamily Housing | 3.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 521 tons
Lowest 28%
|
350 W Belden
350 W Belden Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 3.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 4%
| 438 tons
Lowest 21%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data