Top 50 Buildings by Natural Gas Use
These buildings are the largest consumers of natural gas (methane) in the city. Natural gas in these buildings is typically used for heating gas and water, and since electrifying the grid won't clean up these emissions it's an important set of buildings to focus on!
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
. 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 |
Natural Gas Use (kBtu) |
Greenhouse Gas Intensity (kg CO2 eq./sqft) |
Total Greenhouse Emissions (metric tons CO2 eq.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
METROPOLITIAN PIER AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY
🚨
📷
301 Cermak Rd
| Convention Center | 346,816,225 kBtu  #1 Highest
| 7.8 kg/sqft
Highest 30%
| 72,303 tons #3 Highest
|
|
Stroger Hospital Campus
🚨
1901 W Harrison St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 323,058,061 kBtu #2 Highest
| 26.3 kg/sqft #45 Highest
| 41,988 tons #6 Highest
|
|
Cook County Department of Corrections Campus
🚨
2700 S California Ave
| Prison/Incarceration | 315,956,245 kBtu #3 Highest
| 9.5 kg/sqft
Highest 17%
| 43,342 tons #5 Highest
|
|
Rush University Medical Center
🚨
1653 W Congress Pkwy
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 288,144,811 kBtu #4 Highest
| 24.7 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 96,018 tons #2 Highest
|
|
Ascension Resurrection Medical Center Campus.
🚨
7435 W Talcott Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 168,214,838 kBtu #5 Highest
| 19.8 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 21,667 tons #12 Highest
|
|
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
🚨
225 E Chicago Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 161,351,088 kBtu #6 Highest
| 19.4 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 24,952 tons #9 Highest
|
|
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
🚨
836 W Wellington Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 121,905,915 kBtu #7 Highest
| 12.3 kg/sqft
Highest 9%
| 16,172 tons #30 Highest
|
|
Grand Ohio Condo
🚨
211 E Ohio St
| Multifamily Housing | 109,276,901 kBtu #8 Highest
| 17.5 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 9,960 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
IL0000FC-CHICAGO FEDERAL CTR
🚨
219 S Dearborn
| Mixed Use Property | 108,131,429 kBtu #9 Highest
| 5.8 kg/sqft 
Lowest 37%
| 18,420 tons #26 Highest
|
|
NMH Prentice Womens Hospital
🚨
250 E Superior St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 107,165,998 kBtu #10 Highest
| 19.0 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 17,983 tons #27 Highest
|
|
Hyatt Regency Chicago
🚩
151 E Wacker Dr
| Hotel | 105,312,914 kBtu #11 Highest
| 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 46%
| 13,614 tons #39 Highest
|
|
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
🚩
355 E ERIE ST
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 100,434,770 kBtu #12 Highest
| 15.4 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 13,543 tons #40 Highest
|
|
Ascension SMEMC St Mary Campus.
🚩
2233 W Division St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 94,612,164 kBtu #13 Highest
| 21.2 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 14,768 tons #34 Highest
|
|
Hilton Chicago (CHICH)
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720 S Michigan Ave
| Hotel | 93,922,214 kBtu #14 Highest
| 6.7 kg/sqft
Highest 46%
| 13,839 tons #37 Highest
|
|
Presidential Towers (ps19)
🚩
555 W Madison St
| Multifamily Housing | 86,948,189 kBtu #15 Highest
| 5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 30%
| 11,371 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
Salem Baptist Church of Chicago
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10909 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Worship Facility | 86,821,581 kBtu #16 Highest
| 52.6 kg/sqft #11 Highest
| 4,830 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
Ascension St Joseph Hospital - Chicago
🚩
2900 N Lake Shore Dr
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 86,512,220 kBtu #17 Highest
| 16.7 kg/sqft
Highest 5%
| 11,411 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
Harris Bank Building
🚩
115 S LaSalle St
| Office | 85,834,798 kBtu #18 Highest
| 9.1 kg/sqft
Highest 19%
| 13,824 tons #38 Highest
|
|
Regents Park
🚩
5020 - 5050 S Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 84,813,598 kBtu #19 Highest
| 6.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 8,714 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
Swedish Hospital Campus
🚩
5145 N California Ave
| Mixed Use Property | 81,532,463 kBtu #20 Highest
| 21.1 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 16,871 tons #28 Highest
|
|
121 West Wacker Drive
🚩
221 N LaSalle St
| Office | 80,154,575 kBtu #21 Highest
| 11.7 kg/sqft
Highest 11%
| 6,070 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
Aqua at Lakeshore East
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📷
225 N Columbus Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 78,602,505 kBtu #22 Highest
| 5.4 kg/sqft
Lowest 30%
| 8,388 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
Chicago State University Campus
🚩
9501 S Martin Luther King Dr
| College/University | 78,429,801 kBtu #23 Highest
| 10.8 kg/sqft
Highest 12%
| 12,618 tons #44 Highest
|
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theMART, Chicago
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📷
222 Merchandise Mart Plz
| Office | 77,881,660 kBtu #24 Highest
| 4.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 20%
| 19,842 tons #17 Highest
|
|
Aon Center
🚩
200 E Randolph St
| Office | 76,821,703 kBtu #25 Highest
| 6.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 19,200 tons #20 Highest
|
|
River East Center Campus
🚩
322 E Illinois St
| Mixed Use Property | 76,731,293 kBtu #26 Highest
| 8.7 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
| 13,154 tons #41 Highest
|
|
The Field Museum
🚩
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
| Mixed Use Property | 75,635,360 kBtu #27 Highest
| 9.7 kg/sqft
Highest 16%
| 12,417 tons #46 Highest
|
|
Park Place Tower 1 Condominium Association
🚩
655 W Irving Park Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 74,492,525 kBtu #28 Highest
| 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 7,152 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
8846
🚩
(Northwestern)
303 E Superior Street
| Laboratory | 72,628,352 kBtu #29 Highest
| 29.6 kg/sqft #27 Highest
| 12,415 tons #47 Highest
|
|
135 S LaSalle Property LLC
🚩
135 S LaSalle St
| Office | 69,349,345 kBtu #30 Highest
| 6.5 kg/sqft
Highest 49%
| 10,108 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
Parkway Gardens
🚩
6415 S Calumet Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 68,432,528 kBtu #31 Highest
| 5.7 kg/sqft
Lowest 35%
| 5,342 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
Provident Hospital
🚩
500 E 51st St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 67,648,974 kBtu #32 Highest
| 24.9 kg/sqft
Highest 2%
| 9,307 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
8792
🚩
303 E Chicago Ave
| Laboratory | 66,866,979 kBtu #33 Highest
| 23.0 kg/sqft
Highest 3%
| 6,980 tons
Highest 4%
|
|
Keating Hall
🚨
📷
(Illinois Tech)
3040 S Wabash Avenue
| College/University | 64,367,999 kBtu #34 Highest
| 69.5 kg/sqft #7 Highest
| 3,694 tons
Highest 10%
|
|
RICHARD J. DALEY CENTER
🚩
50 W Washington
| Courthouse | 63,999,339 kBtu #35 Highest
| 6.9 kg/sqft
Highest 42%
| 10,570 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
Grand Plaza
🚩
540 N State St
| Multifamily Housing | 62,777,626 kBtu #36 Highest
| 8.2 kg/sqft
Highest 25%
| 9,123 tons
Highest 3%
|
|
20 North Wacker Drive
🚩
20 N Wacker Dr
| Office | 62,361,079 kBtu #37 Highest
| 5.8 kg/sqft
Lowest 37%
| 10,146 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
The 3600 Condominium Association
🚩
3600 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 62,269,170 kBtu #38 Highest
| 7.0 kg/sqft
Highest 41%
| 5,446 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
8816
🚩
(Northwestern)
375 E Chicago Ave
| College/University | 61,291,145 kBtu #39 Highest
| 13.6 kg/sqft
Highest 7%
| 5,267 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
8890
🚩
(Northwestern)
345 E Superior St
| College/University | 59,221,295 kBtu #40 Highest
| 15.9 kg/sqft
Highest 6%
| 5,879 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
3950 N Lake Shore Drive CA
🚩
3950 N Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 57,527,383 kBtu #41 Highest
| 7.2 kg/sqft
Highest 38%
| 5,319 tons
Highest 6%
|
|
333 South Wabash
🚩
333 S Wabash Ave
| Office | 57,305,196 kBtu #42 Highest
| 7.4 kg/sqft
Highest 35%
| 10,503 tons
Highest 2%
|
|
The 400 Condominium Association
🚩
400 E Randolph St
| Multifamily Housing | 57,045,834 kBtu #43 Highest
| 5.5 kg/sqft
Lowest 32%
| 6,155 tons
Highest 5%
|
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Water Tower Place
🚨
845 N Michigan Ave
| Mixed Use Property | 56,856,663 kBtu #44 Highest
| 8.4 kg/sqft
Highest 23%
| 21,683 tons #10 Highest
|
|
The Drake, IL-SV
🚩
140 E Walton Pl
| Hotel | 56,535,780 kBtu #45 Highest
| 9.4 kg/sqft
Highest 18%
| 6,066 tons
Highest 5%
|
|
1123 The Allegro Royal Sonesta Hotel 171 W Randolph
🚩
151 171 W Randolph St
| Hotel | 54,905,797 kBtu #46 Highest
| 13.4 kg/sqft
Highest 8%
| 5,149 tons
Highest 7%
|
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233 North Michigan Avenue
🚩
233 N Michigan Ave
| Office | 54,170,222 kBtu #47 Highest
| 7.3 kg/sqft
Highest 36%
| 8,430 tons
Highest 3%
|
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Advocate Trinity Hospital
🚩
2320 E 93rd St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 53,781,706 kBtu #48 Highest
| 19.0 kg/sqft
Highest 4%
| 6,980 tons
Highest 4%
|
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Old Post Office
🚩
404 W HARRISON ST
| Office | 52,410,701 kBtu #49 Highest
| 4.9 kg/sqft
Lowest 22%
| 12,038 tons #49 Highest
|
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InterContinental
🚩
505 N Michigan Ave
| Hotel | 51,230,967 kBtu #50 Highest
| 8.8 kg/sqft
Highest 21%
| 6,324 tons
Highest 5%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data