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Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower

Multifamily Housing in St. Louis, MO · 4909 LACLEDE AVE

At a glance

Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower is a 282,472-square-foot multifamily housing building at 4909 LACLEDE AVE in St. Louis, Missouri. In its 2021 St. Louis benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 49.2 kBtu/ft².

ENERGY STAR score
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not reported · 2021
Site EUI
49.2
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
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tCO₂e
GHG intensity
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kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
282,472
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 EUI49.2 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI—
GHG emissions—
GHG intensity—
Gross floor area282,472 sq ft
Source recordst_louis:P-001245:2021

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.

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Ownership

Park East Tower Association

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Location

Address
4909 LACLEDE AVE
State
Missouri

Within ~1 km

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How does Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower 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 49.2 kBtu/ft² is about 10% below the average of 54.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 282,472 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.

What does a site EUI of 49.2 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. Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower's 49.2 kBtu/ft² across 282,472 sq ft works out to about 13.9 billion Btu (4,073 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.

Which law requires Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower to report its energy use?

Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower 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-001245:2021). 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 Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower's energy grade?

Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 49.2 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower use?

Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 49.2 kBtu/ft² across 282,472 sq ft.

What are Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower's carbon emissions?

No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.

Where is Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower?

Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower is at 4909 LACLEDE AVE, in St. Louis, Missouri.

How big is Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower and when was it built?

Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower has 282,472 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. It is classed as multifamily housing.

Is Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower 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, “Thomas Kempker-Park East Tower, St. Louis, Missouri — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/st-louis/thomas-kempker-park-east-tower-a810c508 (data as of July 9, 2026).