157 Pleasant Street
Multifamily Housing in Cambridge, MA
At a glance
157 Pleasant Street is a 41,500-square-foot multifamily housing building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 2003. In its 2024 Cambridge benchmarking disclosure it reported 0 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
BEUDO · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | — |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 0 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 41,500 sq ft |
| Source record | cambridge:B1773:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | — | 0 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | — | 0 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | 100 | 7.5 kBtu/ft² | 21 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | — | 0 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | — | 0 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | — | 0 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | — | 0 tCO₂e | |
| 2017 | — | — | 0 tCO₂e | |
| 2016 | 99 | +1 | 30.4 kBtu/ft² | 87 tCO₂e |
| 2015 | 98 | 32.9 kBtu/ft² | 94 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
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Location
- Address
- 157 Pleasant Street
- City
- Cambridge
- State
- Massachusetts
- Coordinates
- 42.35990, -71.11330
Within ~1 km
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How does 157 Pleasant Street compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge?
The latest disclosures cover 187 multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge, out of 902 buildings citywide.
At 41,500 sq ft, it is about 69% below the average floor area of 132,415 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 30 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 157 Pleasant Street's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 10 Cambridge disclosures for 157 Pleasant Street, covering report years 2015–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 98 in 2015 to 100 in 2022 (+2 points). Site EUI moved from 32.9 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 7.5 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 77% decrease. Reported emissions went from 94 tCO₂e to 0 tCO₂e over the same span (down 100%).
Which law requires 157 Pleasant Street to report its energy use?
157 Pleasant 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 2024 disclosure (source record cambridge:B1773:2024). 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).
More multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge
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Frequently asked questions
What is 157 Pleasant Street's energy grade?
157 Pleasant Street did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure.
How much energy does 157 Pleasant Street use?
No energy-use intensity was reported for 2024.
What are 157 Pleasant Street's carbon emissions?
157 Pleasant Street reported 0 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2024.
Where is 157 Pleasant Street?
157 Pleasant Street is in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its coordinates are 42.35990, -71.11330 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) file.
How big is 157 Pleasant Street and when was it built?
157 Pleasant Street has 41,500 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2003 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 157 Pleasant Street covered by BEUDO?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 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, “157 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/cambridge/157-pleasant-street-c667f9c5 (data as of October 2, 2026).