Centennial Plaza Apartments
Multifamily Housing in St. Louis, MO · 4101 MCPHERSON AVE
At a glance
Centennial Plaza Apartments is a 53,487-square-foot multifamily housing building at 4101 MCPHERSON AVE in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 36.5 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132 · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 36.5 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 53,487 sq ft |
| Source record | st_louis:P-000675:2021 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021latest | — | 36.5 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2020 | — | 35.9 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2019 | — | 36.4 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2018 | — | 34.7 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2017 | — | 33.4 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
CENTENNIAL HOUSING CORP INC
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Location
- Address
- 4101 MCPHERSON AVE
- City
- St. Louis
- State
- Missouri
Within ~1 km
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How does Centennial Plaza Apartments compare with other multifamily housing buildings in St. Louis?
The latest disclosures cover 181 multifamily housing buildings in St. Louis, out of 639 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 36.5 kBtu/ft² is about 33% below the average of 54.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 53,487 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 131,363 sq ft for those buildings. 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 Centennial Plaza Apartments's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 5 St. Louis disclosures for Centennial Plaza Apartments, covering report years 2017–2021. Site EUI moved from 33.4 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 36.5 kBtu/ft² (2021), an 9% increase.
What does a site EUI of 36.5 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. Centennial Plaza Apartments's 36.5 kBtu/ft² across 53,487 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (572 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.
Which law requires Centennial Plaza Apartments to report its energy use?
Centennial Plaza Apartments 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-000675:2021). 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 Centennial Plaza Apartments's energy grade?
Centennial Plaza Apartments did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 36.5 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Centennial Plaza Apartments use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 36.5 kBtu/ft² across 53,487 sq ft.
What are Centennial Plaza Apartments's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.
Where is Centennial Plaza Apartments?
Centennial Plaza Apartments is at 4101 MCPHERSON AVE, in St. Louis, Missouri.
How big is Centennial Plaza Apartments and when was it built?
Centennial Plaza Apartments has 53,487 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Centennial Plaza Apartments 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, “Centennial Plaza Apartments, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/centennial-plaza-apartments-a545b2e1 (data as of July 9, 2026).