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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lake Shore Plaza
445 E Ohio St
| Multifamily Housing | 8.9 kg/sqft 
Highest 17%
| 3,709 tons
Highest 9%
|
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6118 Sheridan Road Condominium Homeowners Association
6118 N Sheridan Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 8.9 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 905 tons
Highest 47%
|
|
HeadOuarters
547 W. Jackson Blvd.
| Office | 8.9 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 3,099 tons
Highest 12%
|
|
International Tower
🕰️
⚠️
8550 W Bryn Mawr Ave
| Office | 8.9 kg/sqft | 2,758 tons |
|
333 South Wabash
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333 S. Wabash
| Office | 8.9 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 12,623 tons #37 Highest
|
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Park West Condominium
444 W Fullerton Pkwy
| Multifamily Housing | 8.9 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 1,717 tons
Highest 26%
|
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The Garland Building Office Condominium
111 North Wabash
| Office | 8.9 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 2,312 tons
Highest 18%
|
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Hiltons at McCormick Place
123 East Cermak, Suite 300
| Hotel | 8.8 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 3,179 tons
Highest 12%
|
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Jarla, LLC
1825 W. Webster Ave.
| Other - Recreation | 8.8 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 444 tons 
Lowest 22%
|
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Norville Center - Gentile Center-ID#254171
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(Loyola)
6526 N Winthrop
| College/University | 8.8 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 1,119 tons
Highest 39%
|
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600 S Michigan
(Columbia)
600 S Michigan
| College/University | 8.8 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 1,537 tons
Highest 29%
|
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Westinghouse HS
(CPS)
3223 W Franklin Blvd
| K-12 School | 8.8 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 1,967 tons
Highest 22%
|
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Altgeld Elementary-CPS
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(CPS)
1340 W 71st St
| K-12 School | 8.8 kg/sqft | 611 tons |
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Ascension Living Resurrection Village - Life Center
7370 West Talcott Avenue
| Senior Living Community | 8.8 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 782 tons
Lowest 48%
|
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Goldblatts Building
1609 W. Chicago
| Office | 8.8 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 1,413 tons
Highest 32%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data