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495 Arborway

Multifamily Housing in Boston, MA · 02130

At a glance

495 Arborway is a 4,012-square-foot multifamily housing building in Boston, Massachusetts. In its 2022 Boston benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 170.6 kBtu/ft² and 38 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2022
Site EUI
170.6
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
38
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
—
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
4,012
sq ft
Year built
—
vintage

BERDO 2.0 · reporting year 2022

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI170.6 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI—
GHG emissions38 tCO₂e
GHG intensity—
Electricity17,039 kWh
Natural gas6,264 therms
Gross floor area4,012 sq ft
Source recordboston:105102:2022

Compliance context

BERDO 2.0

BERDO 2.0 sets emissions standards for buildings of 20,000+ sq ft or 15+ units, starting in 2025 or 2030 depending on building size, with an alternative-compliance payment of $234 per metric ton of CO₂e over the limit.

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Ownership

No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.

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Location

Address
495 Arborway
City
Boston
State
Massachusetts
ZIP
02130

Within ~1 km

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How does 495 Arborway compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Boston?

The latest disclosures cover 2,174 multifamily housing buildings in Boston, out of 6,305 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 170.6 kBtu/ft² is about 152% above the average of 67.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 4,012 sq ft, it is about 93% below the average floor area of 58,087 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 170.6 kBtu/ft² mean?

Site energy-use intensity (EUI) is the energy a building uses on site in a year divided by its floor area, in thousand Btu per square foot — lower is more efficient. 495 Arborway's 170.6 kBtu/ft² across 4,012 sq ft works out to about 0.7 billion Btu (201 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 17,039 kWh of electricity and 6,264 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 495 Arborway to report its energy use?

495 Arborway reports under BERDO 2.0, the legal basis of Boston's Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2022 disclosure (source record boston:105102:2022). BERDO 2.0 sets emissions standards for buildings of 20,000+ sq ft or 15+ units, starting in 2025 or 2030 depending on building size, with an alternative-compliance payment of $234 per metric ton of CO₂e over the limit.

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Frequently asked questions

What is 495 Arborway's energy grade?

495 Arborway did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 170.6 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does 495 Arborway use?

Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 170.6 kBtu/ft² across 4,012 sq ft, including 17,039 kWh of electricity and 6,264 therms of natural gas.

What are 495 Arborway's carbon emissions?

495 Arborway reported 38 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2022.

Where is 495 Arborway?

495 Arborway is in Boston, Massachusetts 02130.

How big is 495 Arborway and when was it built?

495 Arborway has 4,012 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. It is classed as multifamily housing.

Is 495 Arborway covered by BERDO 2.0?

Yes — it appears in the 2022 Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under BERDO 2.0.

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About this data

Source: Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO 2.0), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: BuildingCensus, “495 Arborway, Boston, Massachusetts — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/boston/495-arborway-63a090bf (data as of July 9, 2026).