Buildings Owned By
Northwestern University
These are buildings that we have manually tagged as being owned by Northwestern University, so this may not be a definitive list.
Building Stats
- 13 Tagged Buildings
-
Total Emissions:
125,277 metric tons CO2 equivalent
Equivalent to 149 of the median benchmarked building (841.4 tons CO2e)
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Average GHG Intensity:
19.1 kg CO2e/sqft
3x 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.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
8794
🚩
(Northwestern)
D
320 E Superior St
| Laboratory | 29.2 kg/sqft  #16 Highest
| 5,464 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
NMH Olson Pavilion
⚠️
(Northwestern)
D
710 N Fairbanks Ct
| Laboratory | 28.6 kg/sqft #18 Highest
| 10,388 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
8846
⚠️
(Northwestern)
C
303 E Superior St
| Laboratory | 27.0 kg/sqft #20 Highest
| 11,315 tons #45 Highest
|
|
8791
(Northwestern)
D
300 E Superior St
| Laboratory | 21.8 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 6,639 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
8792
(Northwestern)
D
303 E Chicago Ave
| Laboratory | 19.6 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 5,947 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
NMH Feinberg Pavilion and Galter Pavilion
📷
🕰️
⚠️
(Northwestern)
D
251 E Huron St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 19.0 kg/sqft | 41,775 tons |
|
NMH Prentice Womens Hospital
🕰️
(Northwestern)
C
250 E Superior St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 17.9 kg/sqft | 16,896 tons |
|
8793
(Northwestern)
D
310 E Superior St
| College/University | 16.4 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 1,001 tons
Highest 43%
|
|
8890
⚠️
(Northwestern)
D
345 E. Superior
| College/University | 15.9 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 5,885 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
8602
⚠️
(Northwestern)
C
710 Lake Shore Dr
| College/University | 15.3 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 3,619 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
NMH Arkes Family Pavilion
(Northwestern)
C
676 N St. Clair St
| Medical Office | 13.7 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 9,274 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
8816
⚠️
(Northwestern)
D
375 E Chicago Ave
| College/University | 12.7 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 4,913 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
8795
(Northwestern)
D
340 E Superior St
| College/University | 11.5 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 2,162 tons
Highest 19%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data