Most efficient large buildings in Cambridge
Top 100 ENERGY STAR scores among buildings over 50,000 sq ft under BEUDO. Flip side: least efficient →
At a glance
130 Cambridge Park Dr, has the highest ENERGY STAR score among Cambridge buildings over 50,000 sq ft: 100 out of 100 in its 2024 disclosure. The 100 buildings ranked here score between 83 and 100, against a citywide average of 66 across all sizes.
Top 100 by ENERGY STAR score
| # | Building | City | Score | Site EUI | Floor area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 130 Cambridge Park Dr, | Cambridge | A100 | 4.0 kBtu/ft² | 546,321 sq ft |
| 2 | 20 Child Street | Cambridge | A100 | 26.8 kBtu/ft² | 485,197 sq ft |
| 3 | 55 Wheeler St | Cambridge | A100 | 21.4 kBtu/ft² | 465,129 sq ft |
| 4 | 160 Cambridge Park Dr | Cambridge | A100 | 28.0 kBtu/ft² | 440,187 sq ft |
| 5 | 10 Rogers Street | Cambridge | A100 | 22.3 kBtu/ft² | 398,652 sq ft |
| 6 | 50 Cambridgepark Dr | Cambridge | A100 | 30.6 kBtu/ft² | 344,122 sq ft |
| 7 | 2 Leighton Street | Cambridge | A100 | 32.6 kBtu/ft² | 262,310 sq ft |
| 8 | 223 Concord Turnpike | Cambridge | A100 | 27.6 kBtu/ft² | 257,670 sq ft |
| 9 | 1 Whittemore Ave | Cambridge | A100 | 5.5 kBtu/ft² | 200,000 sq ft |
| 10 | 25-31 Wheeler Street | Cambridge | A100 | 14.8 kBtu/ft² | 150,000 sq ft |
| 11 | 5-8 Craigie Circle | Cambridge | A100 | 53.8 kBtu/ft² | 115,986 sq ft |
| 12 | 675 Concord Avenue | Cambridge | A100 | 23.0 kBtu/ft² | 109,781 sq ft |
| 13 | 26 Chauncy St | Cambridge | A100 | 18.5 kBtu/ft² | 80,670 sq ft |
| 14 | 32 Normandy Ave | Cambridge | A100 | 4.5 kBtu/ft² | 72,689 sq ft |
| 15 | 120 Rindge Ave. | Cambridge | A100 | 13.9 kBtu/ft² | 68,000 sq ft |
| 16 | 1200 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge | A100 | 27.4 kBtu/ft² | 67,158 sq ft |
| 17 | 1-33 Henry Street, 2-26 Chestnut Street, 276-294 Sydney Street | Cambridge | A100 | 48.0 kBtu/ft² | 60,737 sq ft |
| 18 | 36, 38, 40, 42 Linnaean Street | Cambridge | A100 | 10.6 kBtu/ft² | 52,355 sq ft |
| 19 | 12-30 Palmer Street | Cambridge | A100 | 17.2 kBtu/ft² | 52,000 sq ft |
| 20 | 7 Temple Street | Cambridge | A100 | 31.2 kBtu/ft² | 50,849 sq ft |
| 21 | 87 New Street | Cambridge | A100 | 28.4 kBtu/ft² | 50,353 sq ft |
| 22 | 30 Cambridge Park Drive | Cambridge | A99 | 41.8 kBtu/ft² | 348,420 sq ft |
| 23 | 812 Memorial Dr | Cambridge | A99 | 40.4 kBtu/ft² | 283,150 sq ft |
| 24 | 77 New Street | Cambridge | A99 | 38.7 kBtu/ft² | 76,350 sq ft |
| 25 | 603 Concord Ave | Cambridge | A99 | 37.5 kBtu/ft² | 52,656 sq ft |
| 26 | 129 Franklin Street | Cambridge | A98 | 35.5 kBtu/ft² | 243,166 sq ft |
| 27 | 203 Concord Turnpike | Cambridge | A98 | 38.3 kBtu/ft² | 200,000 sq ft |
| 28 | 249 Third Street | Cambridge | A98 | 24.6 kBtu/ft² | 86,381 sq ft |
| 29 | 310-320 Rindge Avenue | Cambridge | A97 | 26.8 kBtu/ft² | 141,906 sq ft |
| 30 | 10 Magazine St. | Cambridge | A97 | 51.4 kBtu/ft² | 119,854 sq ft |
| 31 | 295 Harvard Street | Cambridge | A97 | 54.8 kBtu/ft² | 93,900 sq ft |
| 32 | 22 Water St | Cambridge | A96 | 24.9 kBtu/ft² | 402,277 sq ft |
| 33 | 22 Water St | Cambridge | A96 | 37.6 kBtu/ft² | 402,277 sq ft |
| 34 | 80 Cambridgepark Drive | Cambridge | A96 | 27.6 kBtu/ft² | 225,358 sq ft |
| 35 | 5 Cowperthwaite Street | Cambridge | A96 | 34.5 kBtu/ft² | 211,715 sq ft |
| 36 | 45 Matignon Road | Cambridge | A96 | 40.3 kBtu/ft² | 90,000 sq ft |
| 37 | 40 Market St | Cambridge | A95 | 47.9 kBtu/ft² | 81,034 sq ft |
| 38 | 699 Mount Auburn Street | Cambridge | A95 | 124.1 kBtu/ft² | 66,108 sq ft |
| 39 | 4-6 Canal Park | Cambridge | A94 | 34.0 kBtu/ft² | 219,456 sq ft |
| 40 | 16 Garden St. | Cambridge | A94 | 40.7 kBtu/ft² | 134,200 sq ft |
| 41 | 15 Everett Street | Cambridge | A94 | 46.9 kBtu/ft² | 77,455 sq ft |
| 42 | 35-39 Oxford St | Cambridge | A94 | 41.5 kBtu/ft² | 74,264 sq ft |
| 43 | 85-95 Prescott Street | Cambridge | A94 | 55.3 kBtu/ft² | 73,171 sq ft |
| 44 | 1533-1541 Mass Avenue | Cambridge | A94 | 31.7 kBtu/ft² | 64,412 sq ft |
| 45 | 9 Harvard Yard | Cambridge | A94 | 43.7 kBtu/ft² | 59,075 sq ft |
| 46 | 29 Kirkland Street | Cambridge | A94 | 49.4 kBtu/ft² | 57,896 sq ft |
| 47 | 221 Mount Auburn Street | Cambridge | A93 | 57.9 kBtu/ft² | 126,258 sq ft |
| 48 | 64 Magee Street | Cambridge | A93 | 47.6 kBtu/ft² | 126,002 sq ft |
| 49 | 10 Dana St | Cambridge | A93 | 56.1 kBtu/ft² | 75,000 sq ft |
| 50 | 35 Quincy St | Cambridge | A93 | 43.1 kBtu/ft² | 68,027 sq ft |
| 51 | 881 Mass. Avenue | Cambridge | A93 | 57.9 kBtu/ft² | 59,746 sq ft |
| 52 | 20 Ware St | Cambridge | A93 | 51.7 kBtu/ft² | 55,005 sq ft |
| 53 | 287 Harvard Street | Cambridge | A93 | 55.0 kBtu/ft² | 50,000 sq ft |
| 54 | 100 Putnam Avenue | Cambridge | A92 | 26.6 kBtu/ft² | 152,065 sq ft |
| 55 | 989 Memorial Drive | Cambridge | A92 | 36.0 kBtu/ft² | 109,285 sq ft |
| 56 | 240 Sidney St | Cambridge | A92 | 30.6 kBtu/ft² | 96,431 sq ft |
| 57 | 10 Acorn Park Drive | Cambridge | A92 | 59.2 kBtu/ft² | 84,930 sq ft |
| 58 | 187-197 Monsignor O'Brien Highway | Cambridge | A92 | 28.8 kBtu/ft² | 79,942 sq ft |
| 59 | 10-14 Arrow Street and 25-27 Mount Auburn Street | Cambridge | A92 | 40.1 kBtu/ft² | 63,198 sq ft |
| 60 | 145 Broadway | Cambridge | A91 | 57.3 kBtu/ft² | 490,000 sq ft |
| 61 | 25 First Street | Cambridge | A91 | 34.0 kBtu/ft² | 252,662 sq ft |
| 62 | 24 Fernald Drive | Cambridge | A91 | 54.0 kBtu/ft² | 181,869 sq ft |
| 63 | 10 Fawcett St | Cambridge | A91 | 48.4 kBtu/ft² | 107,681 sq ft |
| 64 | 225 Windsor Street | Cambridge | A91 | 42.0 kBtu/ft² | 83,221 sq ft |
| 65 | 415 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge | A91 | 38.8 kBtu/ft² | 72,251 sq ft |
| 66 | 700 Huron Avenue | Cambridge | A90 | 56.9 kBtu/ft² | 343,624 sq ft |
| 67 | 165 Cambridge Park Drive | Cambridge | A90 | 51.0 kBtu/ft² | 250,995 sq ft |
| 68 | Two Education Circle | Cambridge | A89 | 72.9 kBtu/ft² | 300,000 sq ft |
| 69 | 205-225 Walden St. | Cambridge | A89 | 58.7 kBtu/ft² | 229,040 sq ft |
| 70 | 215 Monsignor O'Brien Highway | Cambridge | A89 | 45.0 kBtu/ft² | 77,397 sq ft |
| 71 | 445 Concord Avenue | Cambridge | A89 | 10.5 kBtu/ft² | 60,200 sq ft |
| 72 | 8-12 Museum Way | Cambridge | A88 | 47.6 kBtu/ft² | 525,000 sq ft |
| 73 | 402 Rindge Avenue | Cambridge | A88 | 63.9 kBtu/ft² | 264,000 sq ft |
| 74 | 1 Jackson Place | Cambridge | A88 | 40.5 kBtu/ft² | 207,765 sq ft |
| 75 | 170 Gore Street | Cambridge | A88 | 35.5 kBtu/ft² | 147,000 sq ft |
| 76 | 1000 Massachusetts Ave | Cambridge | A88 | 60.2 kBtu/ft² | 108,411 sq ft |
| 77 | 986 Memorial Drive | Cambridge | A88 | 60.5 kBtu/ft² | 103,314 sq ft |
| 78 | 1221 Cambridge St | Cambridge | A88 | 55.9 kBtu/ft² | 102,610 sq ft |
| 79 | 33 Rogers Street | Cambridge | A88 | 43.9 kBtu/ft² | 100,000 sq ft |
| 80 | 16-18A Forest Street | Cambridge | A88 | 35.1 kBtu/ft² | 64,440 sq ft |
| 81 | 21 Harvard Yard | Cambridge | A88 | 48.7 kBtu/ft² | 57,869 sq ft |
| 82 | 80-96 Sherman Street | Cambridge | A88 | 30.2 kBtu/ft² | 57,500 sq ft |
| 83 | 325 Main St | Cambridge | A87 | 47.5 kBtu/ft² | 494,512 sq ft |
| 84 | 80 Fawcett Street | Cambridge | A87 | 43.3 kBtu/ft² | 374,241 sq ft |
| 85 | 105 Broadway (10 Cambridge Center) | Cambridge | A87 | 78.6 kBtu/ft² | 185,196 sq ft |
| 86 | 359 Broadway | Cambridge | A87 | 45.1 kBtu/ft² | 74,621 sq ft |
| 87 | 21 Walden Square Road | Cambridge | A86 | 77.2 kBtu/ft² | 250,389 sq ft |
| 88 | 247 Garden Street | Cambridge | A86 | 41.8 kBtu/ft² | 117,581 sq ft |
| 89 | 49 White St | Cambridge | A86 | 189.2 kBtu/ft² | 52,062 sq ft |
| 90 | 1430 Massachusetts Ave | Cambridge | A85 | 45.3 kBtu/ft² | 53,198 sq ft |
| 91 | 225 Binney St | Cambridge | B84 | 46.5 kBtu/ft² | 327,325 sq ft |
| 92 | 808 Memorial Dr | Cambridge | B84 | 53.3 kBtu/ft² | 148,317 sq ft |
| 93 | 19-21 Garden Street | Cambridge | B84 | 73.2 kBtu/ft² | 121,527 sq ft |
| 94 | 2067 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE | Cambridge | B84 | 53.6 kBtu/ft² | 110,628 sq ft |
| 95 | 44 Linnaean Street | Cambridge | B84 | 45.1 kBtu/ft² | 78,732 sq ft |
| 96 | One Memorial Drive | Cambridge | B83 | 49.5 kBtu/ft² | 369,436 sq ft |
| 97 | 350 Third St | Cambridge | B83 | 51.7 kBtu/ft² | 366,533 sq ft |
| 98 | 872 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge | B83 | 70.6 kBtu/ft² | 108,104 sq ft |
| 99 | 3-5 Concord Avenue | Cambridge | B83 | 78.9 kBtu/ft² | 94,675 sq ft |
| 100 | 38-34A Irving St | Cambridge | B83 | 53.3 kBtu/ft² | 66,293 sq ft |
What do Cambridge's most efficient buildings have in common?
21 of them post a perfect 100. By property type the list is led by multifamily housing (68), office (14) and K-12 school (5). Their average site EUI is 43.9 kBtu/ft², about 63% below the citywide average of 117.2 kBtu/ft². Combined they cover 16.9 million square feet; the median ranked building has 109,285 sq ft.
The ranking covers buildings of 50,000 sq ft or more that report an ENERGY STAR score, ordered by score and then by floor area. Cambridge's 2023 BEUDO amendments require non-residential buildings of 100,000+ sq ft to reach net-zero emissions by 2035 (reductions starting 2026) and those of 25,000–100,000 sq ft by 2050 (starting 2030).
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Frequently asked questions
What is the most energy-efficient large building in Cambridge?
130 Cambridge Park Dr, tops the list with an ENERGY STAR score of 100 among Cambridge buildings over 50,000 sq ft in the latest BEUDO disclosure.
Why only large buildings?
Restricting the ranking to buildings over 50,000 sq ft keeps it meaningful — perfect scores are common among small buildings, while running a high score at scale is the real efficiency achievement.
About this data
Source: Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) (BEUDO), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Most efficient buildings in Cambridge”, https://buildingcensus.com/rankings/most-efficient/cambridge (data as of October 2, 2026).