Soulard Market Lofts
Multifamily Housing in St. Louis, MO · 1531 S 8TH ST
At a glance
Soulard Market Lofts is a 119,250-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1531 S 8TH ST in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 72.4 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132 · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 72.4 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 119,250 sq ft |
| Source record | st_louis:P-000343:2021 |
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
SOULARD APARTMENTS LP
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Location
- Address
- 1531 S 8TH ST
- City
- St. Louis
- State
- Missouri
Within ~1 km
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How does Soulard Market 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 72.4 kBtu/ft² is about 32% above the average of 54.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 119,250 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.
What does a site EUI of 72.4 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. Soulard Market Lofts's 72.4 kBtu/ft² across 119,250 sq ft works out to about 8.6 billion Btu (2,530 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.
Which law requires Soulard Market Lofts to report its energy use?
Soulard Market 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-000343:2021). 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 Soulard Market Lofts's energy grade?
Soulard Market Lofts did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 72.4 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Soulard Market Lofts use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 72.4 kBtu/ft² across 119,250 sq ft.
What are Soulard Market Lofts's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.
Where is Soulard Market Lofts?
Soulard Market Lofts is at 1531 S 8TH ST, in St. Louis, Missouri.
How big is Soulard Market Lofts and when was it built?
Soulard Market Lofts has 119,250 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Soulard Market 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, “Soulard Market Lofts, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/soulard-market-lofts-b9fc2fac (data as of July 9, 2026).