131-135 West 33rd Street

How does 131-135 West 33rd Street compare with other other - restaurant/bar buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 10 other - restaurant/bar buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 131-135 West 33rd Street's ENERGY STAR score of 25 compares with an average of 25 across the 1 that report a score. Its site EUI of 119.8 kBtu/ft² is about 33% below the average of 179.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 18% below the group average of 13.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 115,607 sq ft, it is about 244% above the average floor area of 33,573 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1960, 13 years later than the group's average year built (1947). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 33 other - restaurant/bar buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 25 and a site EUI of 135.8 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 25 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 25 means the building performs better than about 25% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 25 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 50 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. 131-135 West 33rd Street's 119.8 kBtu/ft² across 115,607 sq ft works out to about 13.8 billion Btu (4,059 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 258.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,559,359 kWh of electricity and 51,170 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 131-135 West 33rd Street to report its energy use?

131-135 West 33rd 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:5287482:2024). 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.