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 2020
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 2020, 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/sqft) |
Total Greenhouse Emissions (metric tons CO2 eq.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Keating Hall
🚨
📷
(Illinois Tech)
3040 S Wabash Avenue
| College/University | 456,846,022  #1 Highest
| 461.6 #1 Highest
| 24,538 #12 Highest
|
|
Cook County Department of Corrections Campus
🚨
2700 S California Ave
| Prison/Incarceration | 417,475,703 #2 Highest
| 11.1
Highest 24%
| 50,507 #5 Highest
|
|
352 360 W WELLINGTON AVE
🚨
📷
352 360 W WELLINGTON AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 371,924,615 #3 Highest
| 136.5 #3 Highest
| 19,870 #24 Highest
|
|
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
🚨
📷
301 Cermak Rd
| Convention Center | 346,725,882 #4 Highest
| 8.3
Highest 42%
| 76,935 #4 Highest
|
|
Stroger Hospital Campus
🚨
1901 W Harrison St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 339,841,062 #5 Highest
| 28.3 #42 Highest
| 45,230 #7 Highest
|
|
Rush University Medical Center
🚨
1653 W Congress Pkwy
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 325,954,997 #6 Highest
| 26.4
Highest 4%
| 102,661 #3 Highest
|
|
NMH Feinberg Pavilion and Galter Pavilion
🚨
251 E Huron St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 286,960,500 #7 Highest
| 20.6
Highest 8%
| 45,388 #6 Highest
|
|
Presence Resurrection Medical Center
🚨
7435 W Talcott Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 170,758,938 #8 Highest
| 20.9
Highest 8%
| 22,882 #13 Highest
|
|
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
🚨
225 E Chicago Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 169,769,568 #9 Highest
| 20.9
Highest 8%
| 26,971 #10 Highest
|
|
The Art Institute of Chicago
🚨
📷
111 S Michigan Ave
| Museum | 160,912,625 #10 Highest
| 20.7
Highest 8%
| 20,891 #19 Highest
|
|
Aqua
🚩
📷
225 N Columbus Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 152,388,452 #11 Highest
| 10.0
Highest 29%
| 12,896
Highest 4%
|
|
Holy Cross Hospial
🚩
2701 W 68th St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 130,271,002 #12 Highest
| 18.8
Highest 10%
| 7,708
Highest 9%
|
|
NMH Prentice Womens Hospital
🚩
250 E Superior St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 129,096,845 #13 Highest
| 22.0
Highest 7%
| 20,820 #20 Highest
|
|
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
🚩
836 W Wellington Ave
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 126,018,715 #14 Highest
| 13.5
Highest 16%
| 17,649 #32 Highest
|
|
Presidential Towers
🚩
555 W Madison St
| Multifamily Housing | 116,051,284 #15 Highest
| 5.0 
Lowest 8%
| 13,672 #47 Highest
|
|
S1-Sinai
🚩
1525 S CALIFORNIA AVE
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 115,696,004 #16 Highest
| 15.0
Highest 14%
| 15,145 #41 Highest
|
|
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
🚩
355 E ERIE ST
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 103,494,107 #17 Highest
| 16.2
Highest 12%
| 14,188 #46 Highest
|
|
The Palmer House Hotel
🚩
17 E Monroe St
| Hotel | 103,199,235 #18 Highest
| 6.6
Lowest 31%
| 11,168
Highest 5%
|
|
River East Center Campus
🚩
322 E Illinois St
| Mixed Use Property | 102,156,516 #19 Highest
| 10.2
Highest 28%
| 15,479 #38 Highest
|
|
Altgeld Gardens
🚩
925 E 130th St
| Multifamily Housing | 102,081,397 #20 Highest
| 9.4
Highest 33%
| 11,064
Highest 5%
|
|
IL0000FC - Chicago Federal Ctr
🚩
219 S Dearborn
| Mixed Use Property | 101,934,238 #21 Highest
| 5.8
Lowest 16%
| 18,413 #29 Highest
|
|
Hyatt Regency Chicago
🚩
151 E Wacker Dr
| Hotel | 99,737,807 #22 Highest
| 6.5
Lowest 29%
| 13,219 #49 Highest
|
|
Lowden Homes
🚨
📷
200 W 95th St
| Multifamily Housing | 98,870,772 #23 Highest
| 48.1 #10 Highest
| 5,530
Highest 13%
|
|
Presence SMEMC St Mary Campus
🚩
2233 W Division St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 97,798,072 #24 Highest
| 22.1
Highest 7%
| 15,415 #39 Highest
|
|
Regents Park
🚩
5020 - 5050 S Lake Shore Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 95,443,599 #25 Highest
| 6.6
Lowest 31%
| 9,661
Highest 7%
|
|
Presence St Joseph Hospital - Chicago
🚩
2900 N Lake Shore Dr
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 90,660,907 #26 Highest
| 18.5
Highest 10%
| 12,603
Highest 4%
|
|
Hilton Chicago
🚩
720 S Michigan Ave
| Hotel | 86,384,061 #27 Highest
| 6.6
Lowest 31%
| 13,461 #48 Highest
|
|
Harris Bank Building
🚩
115 S LaSalle St
| Office | 85,619,807 #28 Highest
| 9.3
Highest 34%
| 14,249 #45 Highest
|
|
Shop & Save Market - Nagle
🚨
📷
6312 N Nagle Ave
| Supermarket/Grocery Store | 80,514,978 #29 Highest
| 83.7 #8 Highest
| 5,584
Highest 13%
|
|
The Field Museum
🚩
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
| Mixed Use Property | 79,910,088 #30 Highest
| 9.9
Highest 29%
| 12,647
Highest 4%
|
|
Imperial Towers Condominium
🚩
4250 N Marine Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 79,372,704 #31 Highest
| 6.5
Lowest 29%
| 7,274
Highest 9%
|
|
Park Place Tower I CA
🚩
655 W Irving Park Rd
| Multifamily Housing | 78,728,980 #32 Highest
| 7.9
Highest 47%
| 7,805
Highest 9%
|
|
Lawless Gardens
🚩
3510 S RHODES AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 78,375,003 #33 Highest
| 6.2
Lowest 23%
| 4,614
Highest 18%
|
|
Swedish Covenant Hospital Campus
🚩
5145 N California Ave
| Mixed Use Property | 76,788,106 #34 Highest
| 23.4
Highest 6%
| 18,719 #28 Highest
|
|
McClurg Court Center
🚩
333 E Ontario St
| Multifamily Housing | 76,755,520 #35 Highest
| 11.0
Highest 24%
| 9,004
Highest 7%
|
|
Merchandise Mart
🚩
📷
222 Merchandise Mart Plz
| Office | 76,248,401 #36 Highest
| 5.1
Lowest 9%
| 20,933 #17 Highest
|
|
Chicago State University Campus
🚩
9501 S Martin Luther King Dr
| College/University | 75,457,754 #37 Highest
| 10.3
Highest 27%
| 12,026
Highest 4%
|
|
Aon Center
🚩
200 E Randolph St
| Office | 74,788,660 #38 Highest
| 6.5
Lowest 29%
| 20,741 #22 Highest
|
|
135 S LaSalle Property LLC
🚩
135 S LaSalle St
| Office | 72,467,512 #39 Highest
| 7.7
Lowest 50%
| 11,970
Highest 5%
|
|
4700 N MARINE DR
🚩
4700 N MARINE DR
| Medical Office | 71,164,912 #40 Highest
| 31.1 #29 Highest
| 4,594
Highest 18%
|
|
Eugenie Terrace
🚩
1730 N Clark St
| Multifamily Housing | 70,552,683 #41 Highest
| 9.7
Highest 31%
| 6,048
Highest 12%
|
|
Salem Baptist Church of Chicago
🚩
10909 S Cottage Grove Ave
| Worship Facility | 70,361,039 #42 Highest
| 42.9 #13 Highest
| 3,941
Highest 22%
|
|
Dearborn Homes
🚩
2960 S Federal St
| Multifamily Housing | 68,851,921 #43 Highest
| 10.1
Highest 28%
| 7,159
Highest 9%
|
|
Parkway Gardens
🚩
6415 S Calumet Ave
| Multifamily Housing | 66,317,200 #44 Highest
| 10.6
Highest 26%
| 9,961
Highest 6%
|
|
Richard J Daley Center
🚩
50 W Washington
| Courthouse | 65,724,182 #45 Highest
| 6.9
Lowest 36%
| 10,603
Highest 6%
|
|
Provident Hospital
🚩
500 E 51st St
| Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) | 65,627,291 #46 Highest
| 25.7
Highest 5%
| 9,599
Highest 7%
|
|
The Newport CA
🚩
4800 S Chicago Beach Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 65,024,082 #47 Highest
| 6.3
Lowest 25%
| 4,821
Highest 17%
|
|
CNA Building
🚩
333 S Wabash Ave
| Office | 64,228,995 #48 Highest
| 7.5
Lowest 46%
| 10,566
Highest 6%
|
|
Grand Plaza
🚩
540 N State St
| Multifamily Housing | 63,799,037 #49 Highest
| 8.5
Highest 40%
| 9,525
Highest 7%
|
|
375 E Chicago Ave
🚩
375 E Chicago Ave
| College/University | 63,605,880 #50 Highest
| 14.1
Highest 15%
| 5,490
Highest 14%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data