126-128 West 16th Street

How does 126-128 West 16th Street compare with other worship facility buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 370 worship facility buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 126-128 West 16th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 43 across the 224 that report a score; it scores higher than 71% of them and lower than 29%. Its site EUI of 33.1 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 62.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 55% below the group average of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 9,268 sq ft, it is about 79% below the average floor area of 44,868 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1920, 17 years earlier than the group's average year built (1937). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,035 worship facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 50 and a site EUI of 47.8 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 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. 126-128 West 16th Street's 33.1 kBtu/ft² across 9,268 sq ft works out to about 0.3 billion Btu (90 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 43.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 13,378 kWh of electricity and 2,612 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 126-128 West 16th Street to report its energy use?

126-128 West 16th Street 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:58755692:2024). 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.