1296 - The Benjamin Hotel New York City 125 East 50th. Street

How does 1296 - The Benjamin Hotel New York City 125 East 50th. Street compare with other hotel buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 970 hotel buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 1296 - The Benjamin Hotel New York City 125 East 50th. Street's ENERGY STAR score of 93 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 91% of them and lower than 8%. Its site EUI of 72.8 kBtu/ft² is about 23% below the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 20% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 157,462 sq ft, it is about 15% above the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1927, 48 years earlier than the group's average year built (1975). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,812 hotel buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 77.8 kBtu/ft².

How has 1296 - The Benjamin Hotel New York City 125 East 50th. Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 1296 - The Benjamin Hotel New York City 125 East 50th. Street, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 90 in 2023 to 93 in 2024 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 79.6 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 72.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,041 tCO₂e to 982 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 93 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 93 means the building performs better than about 93% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 93 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. 1296 - The Benjamin Hotel New York City 125 East 50th. Street's 72.8 kBtu/ft² across 157,462 sq ft works out to about 11.5 billion Btu (3,360 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 133.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,333,593 kWh of electricity, 1 therms of natural gas and 4,889 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1296 - The Benjamin Hotel New York City 125 East 50th. Street to report its energy use?

1296 - The Benjamin Hotel New York City 125 East 50th. 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:2811996:2024). 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.