Buildings Owned By
City of Chicago
These are buildings that we have manually tagged as being owned by City of Chicago, so this may not be a definitive list.
Building Stats
- 9 Tagged Buildings
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Total Emissions:
20,412 metric tons CO2 equivalent
Equivalent to 24 of the median benchmarked building (841.4 tons CO2e)
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Average GHG Intensity:
10.3 kg CO2e/sqft
2x the median benchmarked building (6.2 kg CO2/sqft)
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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY
📷
(Chicago)
C
1300 W. Jackson Blvd.
| Adult Education | 14.7 kg/sqft 
Highest 5%
| 2,637 tons
Highest 15%
|
|
City Hall
📷
(Chicago)
C
121 N. La Salle St.
| Office | 12.1 kg/sqft
Highest 7%
| 4,967 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER
📷
(Chicago)
C
4314 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
| Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly | 11.9 kg/sqft
Highest 7%
| 673 tons 
Lowest 41%
|
|
HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY
📷
⚡
(Chicago)
C
400 S. State St.
| Library | 11.1 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 8,380 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
ENGLEWOOD HEALTH CENTER
📷
⚠️
(Chicago)
C
641 W. 63rd St.
| Outpatient Rehabilitation/Physical Therapy | 9.5 kg/sqft
Highest 14%
| 513 tons
Lowest 28%
|
|
CDOT Central Office
🕰️
(Chicago)
C
1501 W Pershing Rd
| Office | 9.1 kg/sqft | 907 tons |
|
400 W. Superior
📷
(Chicago)
C
400-432 W. Superior Street
| Office | 8.7 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 1,125 tons
Highest 39%
|
|
Gallery 37
📷
🕰️
⚠️
(Chicago)
C
66 E Randolph St
| Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly | 8.0 kg/sqft | 599 tons |
|
SULZER LIBRARY
📷
(Chicago)
C
4455 N. Lincoln Ave.
| Library | 7.4 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 610 tons
Lowest 37%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data