0 Chauncy Street
Multifamily Housing in Cambridge, MA
At a glance
0 Chauncy Street is a 3,000-square-foot multifamily housing building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1982. In its 2021 Cambridge benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 55.8 kBtu/ft² and 9 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
BEUDO · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 55.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 59.2 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 9 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 317 kWh |
| Natural gas | 1,662 therms |
| Water use | 116 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 3,000 sq ft |
| Source record | cambridge:B1069:2021 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021latest | — | 55.8 kBtu/ft² | 9 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 54.9 kBtu/ft² | 9 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 59.1 kBtu/ft² | 9 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 57.6 kBtu/ft² | 9 tCO₂e | |
| 2017 | — | 53.2 kBtu/ft² | 9 tCO₂e | |
| 2016 | 54 | +6 | 56.0 kBtu/ft² | 9 tCO₂e |
| 2015 | 48 | 60.1 kBtu/ft² | 10 tCO₂e |
Compliance context
BEUDO
Cambridge's 2023 BEUDO amendments require non-residential buildings of 100,000+ sq ft to reach net-zero emissions by 2035 (reductions starting 2026) and those of 25,000–100,000 sq ft by 2050 (starting 2030).
Ownership
1-3 CHARLES CHAUNCY LLC
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Location
- Address
- 0 Chauncy Street
- City
- Cambridge
- State
- Massachusetts
- Coordinates
- 42.38020, -71.12040
Within ~1 km
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How does 0 Chauncy Street compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge?
The latest disclosures cover 187 multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge, out of 902 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 55.8 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 56.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 3,000 sq ft, it is about 98% below the average floor area of 132,415 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1982, 9 years later than the group's average year built (1973). 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.
How has 0 Chauncy Street's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 7 Cambridge disclosures for 0 Chauncy Street, covering report years 2015–2021. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 48 in 2015 to 54 in 2016 (+6 points). Site EUI moved from 60.1 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 55.8 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 10 tCO₂e to 9 tCO₂e over the same span (down 7%).
What does a site EUI of 55.8 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. 0 Chauncy Street's 55.8 kBtu/ft² across 3,000 sq ft works out to about 0.2 billion Btu (49 MWh-equivalent) in 2021. Its source EUI of 59.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 317 kWh of electricity, 1,662 therms of natural gas and 116 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires 0 Chauncy Street to report its energy use?
0 Chauncy Street reports under BEUDO, the legal basis of Cambridge's Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO), which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2021 disclosure (source record cambridge:B1069:2021). Cambridge's 2023 BEUDO amendments require non-residential buildings of 100,000+ sq ft to reach net-zero emissions by 2035 (reductions starting 2026) and those of 25,000–100,000 sq ft by 2050 (starting 2030).
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Frequently asked questions
What is 0 Chauncy Street's energy grade?
0 Chauncy Street did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 55.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 0 Chauncy Street use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 55.8 kBtu/ft² (59.2 kBtu/ft² source) across 3,000 sq ft, including 317 kWh of electricity and 1,662 therms of natural gas.
What are 0 Chauncy Street's carbon emissions?
0 Chauncy Street reported 9 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2021.
Where is 0 Chauncy Street?
0 Chauncy Street is in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its coordinates are 42.38020, -71.12040 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) file.
How big is 0 Chauncy Street and when was it built?
0 Chauncy Street has 3,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1982 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 0 Chauncy Street covered by BEUDO?
Yes — it appears in the 2021 Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under BEUDO.
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) (BEUDO), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “0 Chauncy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/cambridge/0-chauncy-street-2b417438 (data as of October 2, 2026).