Homer G. Phillips Dignity House
Multifamily Housing in St. Louis, MO · 2601 WHITTIER ST
At a glance
Homer G. Phillips Dignity House is a 286,400-square-foot multifamily housing building at 2601 WHITTIER ST in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 57.8 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132 · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 57.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 286,400 sq ft |
| Source record | st_louis:P-001233:2021 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021latest | — | 57.8 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2020 | — | 57.6 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
City of St. Louis c/o Homer G Phillips Dignity House LP
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Location
- Address
- 2601 WHITTIER ST
- City
- St. Louis
- State
- Missouri
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Homer G. Phillips Dignity House 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 57.8 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 54.8 kBtu/ft².
At 286,400 sq ft, it is about twice 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 Homer G. Phillips Dignity House's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 St. Louis disclosures for Homer G. Phillips Dignity House, covering report years 2020–2021. Site EUI moved from 57.6 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 57.8 kBtu/ft² (2021), an 0% increase.
What does a site EUI of 57.8 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. Homer G. Phillips Dignity House's 57.8 kBtu/ft² across 286,400 sq ft works out to about 16.6 billion Btu (4,851 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.
Which law requires Homer G. Phillips Dignity House to report its energy use?
Homer G. Phillips Dignity House 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-001233:2021). 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 Homer G. Phillips Dignity House's energy grade?
Homer G. Phillips Dignity House did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 57.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Homer G. Phillips Dignity House use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 57.8 kBtu/ft² across 286,400 sq ft.
What are Homer G. Phillips Dignity House's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.
Where is Homer G. Phillips Dignity House?
Homer G. Phillips Dignity House is at 2601 WHITTIER ST, in St. Louis, Missouri.
How big is Homer G. Phillips Dignity House and when was it built?
Homer G. Phillips Dignity House has 286,400 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Homer G. Phillips Dignity House 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, “Homer G. Phillips Dignity House, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/homer-g-phillips-dignity-house-cef9d596 (data as of July 9, 2026).