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Note that results are limited to the first 100 matches.

Note: Data only includes large Chicago buildings from 2021, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Note: This data only includes buildings whose emissions are reported under the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance(opens in a new tab). 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.)
William Eckhardt Research Center (ERC)
🚨 📷
(UChicago)
5640 S ELLIS AVE
Laboratory
54.3 kg/sqft
#10 Highest
15,454 tons
#32 Highest
Searle Chemistry Laboratory
🚩 📷
(UChicago)
5735 S Ellis Ave
Laboratory
47.4 kg/sqft
#12 Highest
4,052 tons
Highest 9%
BSLC
924 E 57th St
Laboratory
47.2 kg/sqft
8,296 tons
Cummings Life Science Center
920 E 58th St
Laboratory
45.3 kg/sqft
7,816 tons
SBRI
5812 S Ellis Ave
Laboratory
43.7 kg/sqft
9,374 tons
Armour
950 E 59TH
Laboratory
43.7 kg/sqft
2,834 tons
KCBD
900 E. 57th St
Laboratory
42.9 kg/sqft
16,175 tons
Gordon Center for Integrative Science (GCIS)
🚩 📷
(UChicago)
929 E 57th St
Laboratory
41.8 kg/sqft
#13 Highest
20,053 tons
#16 Highest
Peck
5821 S Drexel Ave
Laboratory
40.4 kg/sqft
5,044 tons
8794
🚩
(Northwestern)
320 E Superior Street
Laboratory
33.9 kg/sqft
#17 Highest
6,325 tons
Highest 5%
Carlson
949 E 58th St
Laboratory
32.4 kg/sqft
2,169 tons
Accelerator Building
🚩 📷
(UChicago)
5604 - 5620 S Ellis Ave
Laboratory
31.8 kg/sqft
#19 Highest
1,869 tons
Highest 25%
Hinds Laboratory
🚩 📷
(UChicago)
5734 S Ellis Ave
Laboratory
30.4 kg/sqft
#24 Highest
3,998 tons
Highest 9%
8846
🚩
(Northwestern)
303 E Superior Street
Laboratory
29.6 kg/sqft
#27 Highest
12,415 tons
#47 Highest
2430 N Halsted
🚩
2430 N Halsted St
Laboratory
29.2 kg/sqft
#28 Highest
3,659 tons
Highest 10%
McLean
5824 S Ellis Ave
Laboratory
27.7 kg/sqft
3,090 tons
Jones Laboratory
🚩
(UChicago)
5747 S Ellis Ave
Laboratory
26.9 kg/sqft
#40 Highest
1,945 tons
Highest 24%
Anatomy and Culver
1027 East 57th Street
Laboratory
26.3 kg/sqft
1,764 tons
8791
🚩
(Northwestern)
300 E Superior Street
Laboratory
25.5 kg/sqft
#47 Highest
7,737 tons
Highest 4%
8799
(Northwestern)
710 N Fairbanks Ct
Laboratory
23.4 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
4,364 tons
Highest 8%
8792
🚩
303 E Chicago Ave
Laboratory
23.0 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
6,980 tons
Highest 4%
Goldblatt Hospital
5840 S Ellis Ave
Laboratory
20.5 kg/sqft
2,718 tons
Wyler
5837 S Maryland Ave
Laboratory
20.1 kg/sqft
4,182 tons
Physics Research Center (PRC)
933 E 56th Street
Laboratory
19.6 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
1,315 tons
Highest 36%
Kent Chemical Laboratory
1020 - 1024 E 58th St
Laboratory
19.5 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
1,165 tons
Highest 39%
Hicks
970 E.59th St.
Laboratory
17.5 kg/sqft
934 tons
CLI
5841 S Maryland Ave
Laboratory
16.9 kg/sqft
2,858 tons
Gilman Smith
5835 S Drexel Ave
Laboratory
12.0 kg/sqft
2,694 tons
Abbott
947 E 58th St
Laboratory
10.3 kg/sqft
1,063 tons
Bobs Roberts
920 E. 59th St.
Laboratory
9.8 kg/sqft
752 tons
Hektoen Building
627 S Wood St
Laboratory
5.2 kg/sqft
962 tons
Ryerson Laboratory
1118 1132 E 58th St
Laboratory
4.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 10%
274 tons
Lowest 7%

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Data Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data (opens in a new tab)