70.East Building
Laboratory in St. Louis, MO · 4525 SCOTT AVE
At a glance
70.East Building is a 125,837-square-foot laboratory building at 4525 SCOTT AVE in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 130.7 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132 · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 130.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 125,837 sq ft |
| Source record | st_louis:P-001083:2021 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021latest | — | 130.7 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2020 | — | 112.0 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2019 | — | 108.6 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2018 | — | 143.5 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2017 | — | 138.0 kBtu/ft² | — |
Compliance context
Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132
St. Louis's Building Energy Performance Standard (Ordinance 71132) requires buildings of 50,000 sq ft or more to meet energy-use targets, with standards set on four-year cycles.
Ownership
Washington University
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Location
- Address
- 4525 SCOTT AVE
- City
- St. Louis
- State
- Missouri
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does 70.East Building compare with other laboratory buildings in St. Louis?
The latest disclosures cover 23 laboratory buildings in St. Louis, out of 639 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 130.7 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 255.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 125,837 sq ft, it is about 20% below the average floor area of 157,787 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 795 laboratory buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 29 and a site EUI of 231.7 kBtu/ft².
How has 70.East Building's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 5 St. Louis disclosures for 70.East Building, covering report years 2017–2021. Site EUI moved from 138.0 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 130.7 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 5% decrease.
What does a site EUI of 130.7 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. 70.East Building's 130.7 kBtu/ft² across 125,837 sq ft works out to about 16.4 billion Btu (4,820 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.
Which law requires 70.East Building to report its energy use?
70.East Building reports under the Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132, the legal basis of St. Louis's Building Energy Awareness Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2021 disclosure (source record st_louis:P-001083:2021). St. Louis's Building Energy Performance Standard (Ordinance 71132) requires buildings of 50,000 sq ft or more to meet energy-use targets, with standards set on four-year cycles.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 70.East Building's energy grade?
70.East Building did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 130.7 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 70.East Building use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 130.7 kBtu/ft² across 125,837 sq ft.
What are 70.East Building's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.
Where is 70.East Building?
70.East Building is at 4525 SCOTT AVE, in St. Louis, Missouri.
How big is 70.East Building and when was it built?
70.East Building has 125,837 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as laboratory.
Is 70.East Building covered by the Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132?
Yes — it appears in the 2021 Building Energy Awareness Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132.
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Awareness Benchmarking (Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “70.East Building, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/70-east-building-fd4be839 (data as of July 9, 2026).