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.)
2800 North Orchard Condominium Association 2800 N. Orchard St.	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	497 tons Lowest 27%
15th Street Loft Condominium Association 1507 S State St	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	577 tons Lowest 35%
537 S. Dearborn St. 537 S. Dearborn St.	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	406 tons Lowest 19%
Pershing Apartments (CHA) 3845 S State St	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	477 tons Lowest 26%
Mayfair Commons 4444 W. Lawrence Ave.	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	436 tons Lowest 22%
56th & Kimbark Condo Association 5543-59 S Kimbark Ave	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	324 tons Lowest 11%
City-Towne Condominium Association 517-523 N. Halsted St.	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	461 tons Lowest 24%
344-358 W. Oakdale Ave. 350 W. Oakdale Ave.	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	567 tons Lowest 34%
HRTL - Harvest Commons: 1519 W Warren Blvd ⚠️ 1519 West Warren Boulevard	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	271 tons Lowest 5%
625 N Michigan Avenue 625 N Michigan Avenue	Office	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	1,887 tons Highest 23%
900 W Fullerton 900 W Fullerton	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	272 tons Lowest 6%
100 North La Salle Street ⚠️ 100 North La Salle Street	Office	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	788 tons Lowest 48%
Wrightwood 625 West Wrightwood	Multifamily Housing	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	457 tons Lowest 24%
55 West Monroe ⚡ 55 West Monroe	Office	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	4,623 tons Highest 7%
77 West Wacker Drive ⚡ 77 W. Wacker Drive	Office	5.2 kg/sqft Lowest 30%	6,113 tons Highest 5%

Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data