149 Madison Ave-RDA

How does 149 Madison Ave-RDA 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. 149 Madison Ave-RDA's ENERGY STAR score of 94 compares with an average of 72 across the 2,519 that report a score; it scores higher than 85% of them and lower than 13%. Its site EUI of 27.9 kBtu/ft² is about 57% below the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 45% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 119,006 sq ft, it is about 42% below the average floor area of 205,440 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1906, 34 years earlier 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 94 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 94 means the building performs better than about 94% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 94 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. 149 Madison Ave-RDA's 27.9 kBtu/ft² across 119,006 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (973 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 78.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 936,125 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 149 Madison Ave-RDA to report its energy use?

149 Madison Ave-RDA 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:53890992:2024). 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.