151 east 36th street

How does 151 east 36th street compare with other residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 343 residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 151 east 36th street's ENERGY STAR score of 13 compares with an average of 69 across the 177 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 93%. Its site EUI of 128.5 kBtu/ft² is about 61% above the average of 79.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 10.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 84% above the group average of 5.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 20,101 sq ft, it is about 77% below the average floor area of 85,583 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1910, 36 years earlier than the group's average year built (1947). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 702 residence hall/dormitory buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 70.7 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 13 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 13 means the building performs better than about 13% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 13 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 62 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. 151 east 36th street's 128.5 kBtu/ft² across 20,101 sq ft works out to about 2.6 billion Btu (757 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 206.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 192,996 kWh of electricity, 172 therms of natural gas and 620 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 151 east 36th street to report its energy use?

151 east 36th 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:14369683:2024). 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.