These are buildings that we have manually tagged as being owned by City of Chicago, so this may not be a definitive list.
Equivalent to 25 of the median benchmarked building (873.9 tons CO2e)
2x the median benchmarked building (6.5 kg CO2/sqft)
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.) |
---|---|---|---|
POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY
(Chicago)
1300 W Jackson Blvd
| Adult Education | 15.3 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 2,762 tons
Highest 15%
|
City Hall
(Chicago)
121 N LaSalle St
| Office | 12.9 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 5,325 tons
Highest 6%
|
MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER
(Chicago)
4314 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly | 12.5 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 711 tons
Lowest 42%
|
HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY
(Chicago)
400 S State St
| Library | 11.7 kg/sqft
Highest 11%
| 8,853 tons
Highest 3%
|
ENGLEWOOD HEALTH CENTER
(Chicago)
641 W 63rd St
| Outpatient Rehabilitation/Physical Therapy | 10.5 kg/sqft
Highest 13%
| 568 tons
Lowest 33%
|
CDOT Central Office
(Chicago)
1501 W Pershing Rd
| Office | 9.1 kg/sqft | 907 tons |
400 W. Superior
(Chicago)
400 W Superior St
| Office | 8.1 kg/sqft
Highest 26%
| 1,058 tons
Highest 43%
|
Gallery 37
(Chicago)
66 E Randolph St
| Other - Entertainment/Public Assembly | 8.0 kg/sqft | 599 tons |
SULZER LIBRARY
(Chicago)
4455 N Lincoln Ave
| Library | 6.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 49%
| 534 tons
Lowest 30%
|
Chicago Indoor Sports
(Chicago)
3900 S Ashland Ave
| Other - Recreation | 6.1 kg/sqft | 551 tons |
Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data