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Leather Trades Artist Lofts

Multifamily Housing in St. Louis, MO · 1600 LOCUST ST

At a glance

Leather Trades Artist Lofts is a 133,397-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1600 LOCUST ST in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 29.3 kBtu/ft².

ENERGY STAR score
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not reported · 2021
Site EUI
29.3
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
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tCO₂e
GHG intensity
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kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
133,397
sq ft
Year built
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vintage

Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132 · reporting year 2021

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI29.3 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI—
GHG emissions—
GHG intensity—
Gross floor area133,397 sq ft
Source recordst_louis:P-000120:2021

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2021latest—29.3 kBtu/ft²—
2020—30.2 kBtu/ft²—
2019—30.3 kBtu/ft²—
2018—31.3 kBtu/ft²—
2017—36.2 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.

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Ownership

ST LOUIS LEASED HOUSING ASSOC III LLC

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Location

Address
1600 LOCUST ST
State
Missouri

Within ~1 km

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How does Leather Trades Artist Lofts 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 29.3 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 54.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 133,397 sq ft, it is roughly in line with 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 Leather Trades Artist Lofts's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 St. Louis disclosures for Leather Trades Artist Lofts, covering report years 2017–2021. Site EUI moved from 36.2 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 29.3 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 19% decrease.

What does a site EUI of 29.3 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. Leather Trades Artist Lofts's 29.3 kBtu/ft² across 133,397 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,145 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.

Which law requires Leather Trades Artist Lofts to report its energy use?

Leather Trades Artist Lofts 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-000120:2021). 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 Leather Trades Artist Lofts's energy grade?

Leather Trades Artist Lofts did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 29.3 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does Leather Trades Artist Lofts use?

Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 29.3 kBtu/ft² across 133,397 sq ft.

What are Leather Trades Artist Lofts's carbon emissions?

No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.

Where is Leather Trades Artist Lofts?

Leather Trades Artist Lofts is at 1600 LOCUST ST, in St. Louis, Missouri.

How big is Leather Trades Artist Lofts and when was it built?

Leather Trades Artist Lofts has 133,397 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as multifamily housing.

Is Leather Trades Artist Lofts 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, “Leather Trades Artist Lofts, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/leather-trades-artist-lofts-e7b57f62 (data as of July 9, 2026).