1600 Massachusetts Avenue
Multifamily Housing in Cambridge, MA
At a glance
1600 Massachusetts Avenue is a 82,696-square-foot multifamily housing building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1981. 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 | 82,696 sq ft |
| Source record | cambridge:B1769:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | — | 0 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | 100 | +9 | 25.5 kBtu/ft² | 132 tCO₂e |
| 2022 | 91 | -9 | 57.0 kBtu/ft² | 273 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 100 | ±0 | 26.3 kBtu/ft² | 138 tCO₂e |
| 2020 | 100 | ±0 | 26.9 kBtu/ft² | 139 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 100 | ±0 | 30.2 kBtu/ft² | 148 tCO₂e |
| 2018 | 100 | +1 | 32.1 kBtu/ft² | 165 tCO₂e |
| 2017 | 99 | ±0 | 30.3 kBtu/ft² | 165 tCO₂e |
| 2016 | 99 | +1 | 30.5 kBtu/ft² | 167 tCO₂e |
| 2015 | 98 | 34.1 kBtu/ft² | 188 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
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 1600 Massachusetts Avenue
- City
- Cambridge
- State
- Massachusetts
- Coordinates
- 42.37970, -71.12040
Within ~1 km
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How does 1600 Massachusetts Avenue compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge?
The latest disclosures cover 187 multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge, out of 902 buildings citywide.
At 82,696 sq ft, it is about 38% below the average floor area of 132,415 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1981, 8 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 1600 Massachusetts Avenue's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 10 Cambridge disclosures for 1600 Massachusetts Avenue, covering report years 2015–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 98 in 2015 to 100 in 2023 (+2 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 100. Site EUI moved from 34.1 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 25.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 25% decrease. Reported emissions went from 188 tCO₂e to 0 tCO₂e over the same span (down 100%).
Which law requires 1600 Massachusetts Avenue to report its energy use?
1600 Massachusetts Avenue 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:B1769:2024). 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).
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Frequently asked questions
What is 1600 Massachusetts Avenue's energy grade?
1600 Massachusetts Avenue did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure.
How much energy does 1600 Massachusetts Avenue use?
No energy-use intensity was reported for 2024.
What are 1600 Massachusetts Avenue's carbon emissions?
1600 Massachusetts Avenue reported 0 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2024.
Where is 1600 Massachusetts Avenue?
1600 Massachusetts Avenue is in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its coordinates are 42.37970, -71.12040 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) file.
How big is 1600 Massachusetts Avenue and when was it built?
1600 Massachusetts Avenue has 82,696 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1981 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 1600 Massachusetts Avenue 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, “1600 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/cambridge/1600-massachusetts-avenue-3cb77512 (data as of October 2, 2026).