217 Thorndike Place
Multifamily Housing in Cambridge, MA
At a glance
217 Thorndike Place is a 10,000-square-foot multifamily housing building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1986. 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 | 10,000 sq ft |
| Source record | cambridge:B1905:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | — | 0 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 252.2 kBtu/ft² | 168 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 236.1 kBtu/ft² | 150 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 245.0 kBtu/ft² | 158 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 256.1 kBtu/ft² | 165 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | — | 0 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | — | 0 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
Condo building
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Location
- Address
- 217 Thorndike Place
- City
- Cambridge
- State
- Massachusetts
- Coordinates
- 42.37060, -71.08780
Within ~1 km
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How does 217 Thorndike Place compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge?
The latest disclosures cover 187 multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge, out of 902 buildings citywide.
At 10,000 sq ft, it is about 92% below the average floor area of 132,415 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1986, 13 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 217 Thorndike Place's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 7 Cambridge disclosures for 217 Thorndike Place, covering report years 2018–2024. Site EUI moved from 256.1 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 252.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 2% decrease.
Which law requires 217 Thorndike Place to report its energy use?
217 Thorndike Place 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:B1905:2024). 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 217 Thorndike Place's energy grade?
217 Thorndike Place did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure.
How much energy does 217 Thorndike Place use?
No energy-use intensity was reported for 2024.
What are 217 Thorndike Place's carbon emissions?
217 Thorndike Place reported 0 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2024.
Where is 217 Thorndike Place?
217 Thorndike Place is in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its coordinates are 42.37060, -71.08780 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) file.
How big is 217 Thorndike Place and when was it built?
217 Thorndike Place has 10,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1986 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 217 Thorndike Place 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, “217 Thorndike Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/cambridge/217-thorndike-place-da8d9e6f (data as of October 2, 2026).