42 Pilgrim St
Multifamily Housing in Cambridge, MA
At a glance
42 Pilgrim St is a 5,750-square-foot multifamily housing building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1990. In its 2024 Cambridge benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 71.3 kBtu/ft² and 24 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
BEUDO · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 71.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 107.3 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 24 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 31,177 kWh |
| Natural gas | 3,037 therms |
| Water use | 294 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 5,750 sq ft |
| Source record | cambridge:B1802:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 71.3 kBtu/ft² | 24 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 69.6 kBtu/ft² | 23 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 98.6 kBtu/ft² | 32 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 92.8 kBtu/ft² | 31 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 87.7 kBtu/ft² | 29 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 80.4 kBtu/ft² | 26 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 79.6 kBtu/ft² | 26 tCO₂e | |
| 2017 | — | 89.9 kBtu/ft² | 32 tCO₂e | |
| 2016 | — | 75.2 kBtu/ft² | 25 tCO₂e | |
| 2015 | — | 80.7 kBtu/ft² | 27 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
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Location
- Address
- 42 Pilgrim St
- City
- Cambridge
- State
- Massachusetts
- Coordinates
- 42.36140, -71.10310
Within ~1 km
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How does 42 Pilgrim St 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 71.3 kBtu/ft² is about 25% above the average of 56.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 5,750 sq ft, it is about 96% below the average floor area of 132,415 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1990, 17 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 42 Pilgrim St's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 10 Cambridge disclosures for 42 Pilgrim St, covering report years 2015–2024. Site EUI moved from 80.7 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 71.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 12% decrease. Reported emissions went from 27 tCO₂e to 24 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).
What does a site EUI of 71.3 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. 42 Pilgrim St's 71.3 kBtu/ft² across 5,750 sq ft works out to about 0.4 billion Btu (120 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 107.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 31,177 kWh of electricity, 3,037 therms of natural gas and 294 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires 42 Pilgrim St to report its energy use?
42 Pilgrim St 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:B1802:2024). 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 42 Pilgrim St's energy grade?
42 Pilgrim St did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 71.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 42 Pilgrim St use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 71.3 kBtu/ft² (107.3 kBtu/ft² source) across 5,750 sq ft, including 31,177 kWh of electricity and 3,037 therms of natural gas.
What are 42 Pilgrim St's carbon emissions?
42 Pilgrim St reported 24 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2024.
Where is 42 Pilgrim St?
42 Pilgrim St is in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its coordinates are 42.36140, -71.10310 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) file.
How big is 42 Pilgrim St and when was it built?
42 Pilgrim St has 5,750 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1990 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 42 Pilgrim St 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, “42 Pilgrim St, Cambridge, Massachusetts — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/cambridge/42-pilgrim-st-e80f05ae (data as of October 2, 2026).