1297 The Gardens ES Suites New York

How does 1297 The Gardens ES Suites New York 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. 1297 The Gardens ES Suites New York's ENERGY STAR score of 78 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 79% of them and lower than 20%. Its site EUI of 57.9 kBtu/ft² is about 39% 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 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 42% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 109,800 sq ft, it is about 20% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1963, 12 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 1297 The Gardens ES Suites New York's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 1297 The Gardens ES Suites New York, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 78 in both 2023 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 57.4 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 57.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 481 tCO₂e to 500 tCO₂e over the same span (up 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 78 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 78 means the building performs better than about 78% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 78 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. 1297 The Gardens ES Suites New York's 57.9 kBtu/ft² across 109,800 sq ft works out to about 6.4 billion Btu (1,863 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 102.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 768,649 kWh of electricity, 37,351 therms of natural gas and 4,730 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1297 The Gardens ES Suites New York to report its energy use?

1297 The Gardens ES Suites New York 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:2744948:2024). 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.