At a glance
Fair Mercantile Center is a 71,000-square-foot office building at 5243 SHAW AVE in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 18.1 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132 · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 18.1 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 71,000 sq ft |
| Source record | st_louis:P-000923:2021 |
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
FAIR MERCANTILE CENTER 2017 LLC
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Location
- Address
- 5243 SHAW AVE
- City
- St. Louis
- State
- Missouri
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Fair Mercantile Center compare with other office buildings in St. Louis?
The latest disclosures cover 86 office buildings in St. Louis, out of 639 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 18.1 kBtu/ft² is about 80% below the average of 88.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 71,000 sq ft, it is about 69% below the average floor area of 229,954 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 18.1 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. Fair Mercantile Center's 18.1 kBtu/ft² across 71,000 sq ft works out to about 1.3 billion Btu (377 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.
Which law requires Fair Mercantile Center to report its energy use?
Fair Mercantile Center 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-000923:2021). 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 Fair Mercantile Center's energy grade?
Fair Mercantile Center did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 18.1 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Fair Mercantile Center use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 18.1 kBtu/ft² across 71,000 sq ft.
What are Fair Mercantile Center's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.
Where is Fair Mercantile Center?
Fair Mercantile Center is at 5243 SHAW AVE, in St. Louis, Missouri.
How big is Fair Mercantile Center and when was it built?
Fair Mercantile Center has 71,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as office.
Is Fair Mercantile Center 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, “Fair Mercantile Center, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/fair-mercantile-center-5588243d (data as of July 9, 2026).