Academic Research Building
College/University in St. Louis, MO · 2 PHARMACY PL
At a glance
Academic Research Building is a 213,000-square-foot college/university building at 2 PHARMACY PL in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 110.3 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132 · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 110.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 213,000 sq ft |
| Source record | st_louis:P-000634:2021 |
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
ST LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
Own or manage this building? Claim it to correct the record and get compliance alerts.
Location
- Address
- 2 PHARMACY PL
- City
- St. Louis
- State
- Missouri
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
This source publishes no coordinates, so nearby buildings can't be resolved yet.
See also: most efficient in St. Louis · biggest emitters
How does Academic Research Building compare with other college/university buildings in St. Louis?
The latest disclosures cover 23 college/university buildings in St. Louis, out of 639 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 110.3 kBtu/ft² is about 28% below the average of 154.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 213,000 sq ft, it is about 64% below the average floor area of 590,833 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,113 college/university buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 98.7 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 110.3 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. Academic Research Building's 110.3 kBtu/ft² across 213,000 sq ft works out to about 23.5 billion Btu (6,885 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.
Which law requires Academic Research Building to report its energy use?
Academic Research 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-000634:2021). 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.
More college/university buildings in St. Louis
- Schwitalla Hall - 202· 197,809 sq ft · EUI 344.4 kBtu/ft²
- Scott Hall - 391· 181,945 sq ft · EUI 122.5 kBtu/ft²
- SLUCare Academic Pavilion· 165,159 sq ft · EUI 38.1 kBtu/ft²
- Morrissey Hall - 027· 126,956 sq ft · EUI 69.1 kBtu/ft²
- 98.Farrell Learning & Teaching Center· 113,992 sq ft · EUI 102.9 kBtu/ft²
- Learning Resources Center - 206· 110,118 sq ft · EUI 233.9 kBtu/ft²
- All St. Louis benchmarked buildings· Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132
- Most efficient large buildings in St. Louis
- Least efficient large buildings in St. Louis
- Biggest emitters in St. Louis
Frequently asked questions
What is Academic Research Building's energy grade?
Academic Research Building did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 110.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Academic Research Building use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 110.3 kBtu/ft² across 213,000 sq ft.
What are Academic Research Building's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.
Where is Academic Research Building?
Academic Research Building is at 2 PHARMACY PL, in St. Louis, Missouri.
How big is Academic Research Building and when was it built?
Academic Research Building has 213,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as college/university.
Is Academic Research 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.
Working with St. Louis building benchmarking records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.
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, “Academic Research Building, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/academic-research-building-3521d971 (data as of July 9, 2026).