1211 Avenue of the Americas

How does 1211 Avenue of the Americas compare with other office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 3,384 office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 1211 Avenue of the Americas's ENERGY STAR score of 56 compares with an average of 72 across the 2,519 that report a score; it scores higher than 20% of them and lower than 79%. Its site EUI of 90.9 kBtu/ft² is about 41% above the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 57% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 2,023,847 sq ft, it is about 885% above the average floor area of 205,440 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1973, 33 years later than the group's average year built (1940). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 56 mean?

ENERGY STAR scores run from 1 to 100 and are computed by the EPA's Portfolio Manager as a percentile against similar buildings nationwide, adjusted for climate, size and use: a score of 56 means the building performs better than about 56% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 56 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 19 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In New York City, 43% of scored buildings are at 75 or above.

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. 1211 Avenue of the Americas's 90.9 kBtu/ft² across 2,023,847 sq ft works out to about 184 billion Btu (53,916 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 225.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 43,107,636 kWh of electricity, 2,035 therms of natural gas and 12,585 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1211 Avenue of the Americas to report its energy use?

1211 Avenue of the Americas reports under Local Law 84 (LL84), the legal basis of New York City's Energy and Water Data Disclosure program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:3111253:2023). Under Local Law 97, buildings over 25,000 sq ft face carbon caps with fines of $268 per metric ton of CO₂e over the limit, phasing in from 2024.