Least efficient large buildings in Cambridge
Bottom 100 ENERGY STAR scores among buildings over 50,000 sq ft under BEUDO — the penalty-exposure watchlist. Flip side: most efficient →
Bottom 100 by ENERGY STAR score
| # | Building | City | Score | Site EUI | Floor area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 Technology Square | Cambridge | D1 | 398.4 kBtu/ft² | 255,441 sq ft |
| 2 | 300 Technology Square | Cambridge | D1 | 329.6 kBtu/ft² | 175,609 sq ft |
| 3 | 10, 12, 20-22-24, 36, 50, 60, 62, 64 Moulton Street | Cambridge | D4 | 244.4 kBtu/ft² | 193,217 sq ft |
| 4 | 650 CONCORD AVE | Cambridge | D4 | 215.7 kBtu/ft² | 81,000 sq ft |
| 5 | 270 Third Street | Cambridge | D4 | 112.1 kBtu/ft² | 71,561 sq ft |
| 6 | One Hampshire St | Cambridge | D5 | 246.2 kBtu/ft² | 361,302 sq ft |
| 7 | 1 Porter Square | Cambridge | D5 | 100.7 kBtu/ft² | 56,078 sq ft |
| 8 | 17-19A Forest Street | Cambridge | D6 | 121.9 kBtu/ft² | 53,884 sq ft |
| 9 | 600 Technology Square | Cambridge | D8 | 112.1 kBtu/ft² | 127,224 sq ft |
| 10 | 60 Oxford Street | Cambridge | D9 | 235.6 kBtu/ft² | 97,036 sq ft |
| 11 | 200 Cambridge Park Drive | Cambridge | D10 | 203.9 kBtu/ft² | 221,676 sq ft |
| 12 | One Kendall Square | Cambridge | D10 | 232.3 kBtu/ft² | 140,058 sq ft |
| 13 | 20 Dewolfe St | Cambridge | D12 | 79.4 kBtu/ft² | 65,035 sq ft |
| 14 | 799 Concord Ave | Cambridge | D13 | 151.9 kBtu/ft² | 162,853 sq ft |
| 15 | 215 1st ST | Cambridge | D15 | 141.7 kBtu/ft² | 366,723 sq ft |
| 16 | 130 Mount Auburn Street | Cambridge | D17 | 64.0 kBtu/ft² | 63,208 sq ft |
| 17 | 23 Sidney Street | Cambridge | D17 | 46.4 kBtu/ft² | 56,631 sq ft |
| 18 | 91 Sidney Street | Cambridge | D19 | 65.4 kBtu/ft² | 159,108 sq ft |
| 19 | One Leighton Street | Cambridge | D21 | 63.4 kBtu/ft² | 612,952 sq ft |
| 20 | 55 Essex Street | Cambridge | D21 | 96.8 kBtu/ft² | 50,038 sq ft |
| 21 | 50 Broadway | Cambridge | D22 | 145.8 kBtu/ft² | 334,260 sq ft |
| 22 | 975 Memorial Drive | Cambridge | D23 | 65.7 kBtu/ft² | 147,273 sq ft |
| 23 | 632 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge | D24 | 60.2 kBtu/ft² | 197,283 sq ft |
| 24 | 40 Granite Street | Cambridge | D25 | 91.1 kBtu/ft² | 74,806 sq ft |
| 25 | 119 Windsor St | Cambridge | D26 | 132.0 kBtu/ft² | 64,703 sq ft |
| 26 | 14 Roosevelt Towers | Cambridge | D27 | 100.7 kBtu/ft² | 91,526 sq ft |
| 27 | 80 Gerry's Landing Rd. | Cambridge | D28 | 75.0 kBtu/ft² | 106,070 sq ft |
| 28 | 50 Rogers St | Cambridge | D30 | 71.2 kBtu/ft² | 105,566 sq ft |
| 29 | 1030 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge | D32 | 160.2 kBtu/ft² | 77,805 sq ft |
| 30 | 1493 Cambridge Street | Cambridge | D33 | 308.2 kBtu/ft² | 360,250 sq ft |
| 31 | 25 Edwin H Land Blvd. | Cambridge | D34 | 128.2 kBtu/ft² | 153,627 sq ft |
| 32 | 158 Spring Street | Cambridge | D34 | 62.5 kBtu/ft² | 127,302 sq ft |
| 33 | 20 Sidney St | Cambridge | D35 | 91.7 kBtu/ft² | 202,615 sq ft |
| 34 | 575 Memorial Drive | Cambridge | D37 | 121.4 kBtu/ft² | 347,000 sq ft |
| 35 | 114 Mt Auburn Street | Cambridge | D37 | 84.2 kBtu/ft² | 65,107 sq ft |
| 36 | 650 E Kendall Street | Cambridge | D38 | 133.5 kBtu/ft² | 328,136 sq ft |
| 37 | 178 Coolidge Hill | Cambridge | D38 | 81.5 kBtu/ft² | 110,000 sq ft |
| 38 | 1105 Mass. Ave | Cambridge | D39 | 64.2 kBtu/ft² | 122,297 sq ft |
| 39 | 2 Mount Auburn Street | Cambridge | D40 | 77.4 kBtu/ft² | 71,582 sq ft |
| 40 | 110 Cushing Street | Cambridge | D40 | 67.4 kBtu/ft² | 53,664 sq ft |
| 41 | 625 Mount Auburn St | Cambridge | D41 | 85.2 kBtu/ft² | 137,421 sq ft |
| 42 | 84-86 Brattle Street | Cambridge | D41 | 99.2 kBtu/ft² | 73,332 sq ft |
| 43 | 1648-1654 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge | D41 | 108.4 kBtu/ft² | 63,287 sq ft |
| 44 | 89 Elm Street | Cambridge | D41 | 80.0 kBtu/ft² | 58,323 sq ft |
| 45 | 100 Landsdowne Street | Cambridge | D43 | 46.6 kBtu/ft² | 239,086 sq ft |
| 46 | 210 Broadway | Cambridge | D43 | 68.4 kBtu/ft² | 64,812 sq ft |
| 47 | 15 Lambert Street | Cambridge | D44 | 83.0 kBtu/ft² | 215,544 sq ft |
| 48 | 88 Ames Street | Cambridge | D45 | 72.4 kBtu/ft² | 181,217 sq ft |
| 49 | 14 Roosevelt Towers | Cambridge | D45 | 91.5 kBtu/ft² | 134,884 sq ft |
| 50 | 1050 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge | D45 | 66.6 kBtu/ft² | 73,498 sq ft |
| 51 | 450 Water Street | Cambridge | D46 | 97.7 kBtu/ft² | 350,500 sq ft |
| 52 | 364 Rindge Ave | Cambridge | D46 | 93.2 kBtu/ft² | 249,723 sq ft |
| 53 | 197 Vassal Lane | Cambridge | D46 | 32.9 kBtu/ft² | 124,543 sq ft |
| 54 | 900 Memorial Drive | Cambridge | D47 | 77.5 kBtu/ft² | 450,849 sq ft |
| 55 | 425 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge | D48 | 68.8 kBtu/ft² | 151,054 sq ft |
| 56 | 141 Portland Street | Cambridge | D50 | 70.3 kBtu/ft² | 135,928 sq ft |
| 57 | 1 Corcoran Lane | Cambridge | D52 | 86.0 kBtu/ft² | 200,633 sq ft |
| 58 | 41-43 Linnaean Street | Cambridge | D52 | 62.2 kBtu/ft² | 94,360 sq ft |
| 59 | 243 Broadway | Cambridge | D52 | 62.3 kBtu/ft² | 57,927 sq ft |
| 60 | 11 Cambridge Ctr | Cambridge | D53 | 132.7 kBtu/ft² | 79,616 sq ft |
| 61 | 675 Mass Ave | Cambridge | D54 | 90.7 kBtu/ft² | 127,880 sq ft |
| 62 | 63 Mt Auburn St | Cambridge | D54 | 91.4 kBtu/ft² | 58,818 sq ft |
| 63 | 5 cadbury road | Cambridge | D54 | 76.1 kBtu/ft² | 55,000 sq ft |
| 64 | 185 ALEWIFE BROOK PARKWAY | Cambridge | C55 | 104.0 kBtu/ft² | 64,000 sq ft |
| 65 | 195 Binney St. | Cambridge | C56 | 68.6 kBtu/ft² | 213,000 sq ft |
| 66 | 362 Rindge Ave | Cambridge | C57 | 79.0 kBtu/ft² | 249,723 sq ft |
| 67 | 1008 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge | C57 | 67.5 kBtu/ft² | 50,000 sq ft |
| 68 | 70 Rindge Avenue | Cambridge | C58 | 72.8 kBtu/ft² | 108,989 sq ft |
| 69 | 75 Cambridge Parkway | Cambridge | C61 | 69.1 kBtu/ft² | 400,000 sq ft |
| 70 | 55 Cambridge Parkway | Cambridge | C61 | 68.2 kBtu/ft² | 283,686 sq ft |
| 71 | 29 Garden Street | Cambridge | C61 | 56.3 kBtu/ft² | 112,985 sq ft |
| 72 | 784 Memorial Drive | Cambridge | C61 | 80.0 kBtu/ft² | 61,000 sq ft |
| 73 | 50 Churchill | Cambridge | C62 | 90.2 kBtu/ft² | 141,759 sq ft |
| 74 | 1 Woodrow WIlson Ct | Cambridge | C62 | 71.3 kBtu/ft² | 72,970 sq ft |
| 75 | 85 Oxford Street | Cambridge | C62 | 54.9 kBtu/ft² | 69,340 sq ft |
| 76 | 151 North First Street | Cambridge | C63 | 52.5 kBtu/ft² | 434,093 sq ft |
| 77 | 255 Main Street | Cambridge | C63 | 63.3 kBtu/ft² | 281,000 sq ft |
| 78 | One Brattle Square | Cambridge | C64 | 64.5 kBtu/ft² | 108,592 sq ft |
| 79 | 931 Massachusetts Ave | Cambridge | C64 | 46.0 kBtu/ft² | 59,260 sq ft |
| 80 | 201 BROADWAY | Cambridge | C65 | 56.3 kBtu/ft² | 119,248 sq ft |
| 81 | 725 Concord Avenue | Cambridge | C65 | 65.2 kBtu/ft² | 85,226 sq ft |
| 82 | 6 Fresh Pond Place | Cambridge | C65 | 83.2 kBtu/ft² | 57,875 sq ft |
| 83 | 100 Memorial Dr | Cambridge | C66 | 84.3 kBtu/ft² | 280,000 sq ft |
| 84 | 150 Broadway | Cambridge | C66 | 79.5 kBtu/ft² | 187,875 sq ft |
| 85 | 6 Cambridge Center | Cambridge | C66 | 90.6 kBtu/ft² | 181,700 sq ft |
| 86 | 10 Canal Park | Cambridge | C66 | 46.2 kBtu/ft² | 135,710 sq ft |
| 87 | 1 Bennet Street | Cambridge | C67 | 70.6 kBtu/ft² | 498,000 sq ft |
| 88 | 303 Third St | Cambridge | C67 | 58.9 kBtu/ft² | 324,872 sq ft |
| 89 | 1 Earhart Street | Cambridge | C67 | 55.0 kBtu/ft² | 136,655 sq ft |
| 90 | 131 Washington Street | Cambridge | C68 | 75.1 kBtu/ft² | 275,666 sq ft |
| 91 | 1035 Cambridge Street | Cambridge | C68 | 67.3 kBtu/ft² | 102,807 sq ft |
| 92 | 1010 Memorial Drive | Cambridge | C69 | 60.4 kBtu/ft² | 133,981 sq ft |
| 93 | 58 Charles Street | Cambridge | C69 | 67.2 kBtu/ft² | 61,114 sq ft |
| 94 | 124 Mount Auburn Street | Cambridge | B70 | 52.0 kBtu/ft² | 196,007 sq ft |
| 95 | 250 Kendall Street | Cambridge | B70 | 51.0 kBtu/ft² | 155,196 sq ft |
| 96 | 10 Fawcett St | Cambridge | B70 | 59.2 kBtu/ft² | 107,681 sq ft |
| 97 | 15 Upton Street | Cambridge | B70 | 55.2 kBtu/ft² | 58,529 sq ft |
| 98 | 459 Broadway | Cambridge | B71 | 63.1 kBtu/ft² | 403,393 sq ft |
| 99 | 500 Kendall Street | Cambridge | B72 | 68.1 kBtu/ft² | 349,325 sq ft |
| 100 | 90 Broadway | Cambridge | B72 | 62.8 kBtu/ft² | 280,488 sq ft |
Frequently asked questions
Which large Cambridge buildings have the worst energy grades?
100 Technology Square reports the lowest ENERGY STAR score (1) among Cambridge buildings over 50,000 sq ft. Cambridge's 2023 BEUDO amendments require large non-residential buildings to cut emissions to net zero by 2035–2050, with compliance obligations starting from 2025 reporting.
Does a low score mean the building breaks the law?
No. A low ENERGY STAR score is a national efficiency percentile, not a violation. It does correlate with exposure under building-performance standards (carbon caps, retrofit mandates), which is why owners, lenders and retrofit contractors watch these lists.
Dataset updated . Source: Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) public disclosure.