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Peabody Plaza

Office in St. Louis, MO · 701 MARKET ST

At a glance

Peabody Plaza is a 440,640-square-foot office building at 701 MARKET ST in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 68.8 kBtu/ft².

ENERGY STAR score
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not reported · 2021
Site EUI
68.8
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
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tCO₂e
GHG intensity
—
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
440,640
sq ft
Year built
—
vintage

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

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI68.8 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI—
GHG emissions—
GHG intensity—
Gross floor area440,640 sq ft
Source recordst_louis:P-000283:2021

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2021latest—68.8 kBtu/ft²—
2019—77.7 kBtu/ft²—
2018—86.3 kBtu/ft²—
2017—90.1 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

BRIAR MEADS SPV XVII LLC c/o CBRE

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Location

Address
701 MARKET ST
State
Missouri

Within ~1 km

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How does Peabody Plaza 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 68.8 kBtu/ft² is about 22% below the average of 88.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 440,640 sq ft, it is about twice 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.

How has Peabody Plaza's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 St. Louis disclosures for Peabody Plaza, covering report years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021. Site EUI moved from 90.1 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 68.8 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 24% decrease.

What does a site EUI of 68.8 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. Peabody Plaza's 68.8 kBtu/ft² across 440,640 sq ft works out to about 30.3 billion Btu (8,885 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.

Which law requires Peabody Plaza to report its energy use?

Peabody Plaza 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-000283:2021). 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 Peabody Plaza's energy grade?

Peabody Plaza did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 68.8 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does Peabody Plaza use?

Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 68.8 kBtu/ft² across 440,640 sq ft.

What are Peabody Plaza's carbon emissions?

No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.

Where is Peabody Plaza?

Peabody Plaza is at 701 MARKET ST, in St. Louis, Missouri.

How big is Peabody Plaza and when was it built?

Peabody Plaza has 440,640 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as office.

Is Peabody Plaza 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, “Peabody Plaza, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/peabody-plaza-60500ce3 (data as of July 9, 2026).