Clara
Multifamily Housing in St. Louis, MO · 605 CLARA AVE
At a glance
Clara is a 63,840-square-foot multifamily housing building at 605 CLARA AVE in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 46.0 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132 · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 46.0 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 63,840 sq ft |
| Source record | st_louis:P-000855:2021 |
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
KILAMANJARO V-605 CLARA LLC
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Location
- Address
- 605 CLARA AVE
- City
- St. Louis
- State
- Missouri
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Clara 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 46.0 kBtu/ft² is about 16% below the average of 54.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 63,840 sq ft, it is about half of 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.
What does a site EUI of 46.0 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. Clara's 46.0 kBtu/ft² across 63,840 sq ft works out to about 2.9 billion Btu (861 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.
Which law requires Clara to report its energy use?
Clara 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-000855:2021). 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 multifamily housing buildings in St. Louis
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- Soho Tower· 62,856 sq ft · EUI 63.3 kBtu/ft²
- Piazza on West Pine Phase II· 62,702 sq ft · EUI 38.7 kBtu/ft²
- Buckingham Apartments· 62,500 sq ft · EUI 9.6 kBtu/ft²
- Field School Lofts· 62,000 sq ft · EUI 33.0 kBtu/ft²
- 815 Ann Ave· 61,946 sq ft · EUI 28.8 kBtu/ft²
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Frequently asked questions
What is Clara's energy grade?
Clara did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 46.0 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Clara use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 46.0 kBtu/ft² across 63,840 sq ft.
What are Clara's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.
Where is Clara?
Clara is at 605 CLARA AVE, in St. Louis, Missouri.
How big is Clara and when was it built?
Clara has 63,840 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Clara 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, “Clara, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/clara-e2fb48fb (data as of July 9, 2026).