St. Louis Art Museum
Museum in St. Louis, MO · 1 FINE ARTS DR
At a glance
St. Louis Art Museum is a 460,000-square-foot museum building at 1 FINE ARTS DR in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 177.3 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Awareness Ordinance 70474 / BEPS 71132 · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 177.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 460,000 sq ft |
| Source record | st_louis:P-001042:2021 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021latest | — | 177.3 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2017 | — | 218.4 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
Saint Louis Art Museum
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Location
- Address
- 1 FINE ARTS DR
- City
- St. Louis
- State
- Missouri
Within ~1 km
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How does St. Louis Art Museum compare with other museum buildings in St. Louis?
The latest disclosures cover 5 museum buildings in St. Louis, out of 639 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 177.3 kBtu/ft² is about 13% above the average of 156.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 460,000 sq ft, it is about 147% above the average floor area of 186,217 sq ft for those buildings.
How has St. Louis Art Museum's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 St. Louis disclosures for St. Louis Art Museum, covering report years 2017, 2021. Site EUI moved from 218.4 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 177.3 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 19% decrease.
What does a site EUI of 177.3 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. St. Louis Art Museum's 177.3 kBtu/ft² across 460,000 sq ft works out to about 81.6 billion Btu (23,902 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.
Which law requires St. Louis Art Museum to report its energy use?
St. Louis Art Museum 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-001042:2021). 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 St. Louis Art Museum's energy grade?
St. Louis Art Museum did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 177.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does St. Louis Art Museum use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 177.3 kBtu/ft² across 460,000 sq ft.
What are St. Louis Art Museum's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.
Where is St. Louis Art Museum?
St. Louis Art Museum is at 1 FINE ARTS DR, in St. Louis, Missouri.
How big is St. Louis Art Museum and when was it built?
St. Louis Art Museum has 460,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as museum.
Is St. Louis Art Museum 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, “St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/st-louis-art-museum-5ef1e13c (data as of July 9, 2026).