170 West 73 Street & 175 West 72 Street - Parent Property

How does 170 West 73 Street & 175 West 72 Street - Parent Property compare with other multifamily housing buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 33,022 multifamily housing buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 170 West 73 Street & 175 West 72 Street - Parent Property's ENERGY STAR score of 28 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 16% of them and lower than 83%. Its site EUI of 81.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 6.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 222,767 sq ft, it is about 121% above the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1906, 46 years earlier than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has 170 West 73 Street & 175 West 72 Street - Parent Property's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 170 West 73 Street & 175 West 72 Street - Parent Property, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 37 in 2022 to 28 in 2024 (-9 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 37. Site EUI moved from 84.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 81.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,181 tCO₂e to 1,353 tCO₂e over the same span (up 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 28 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 28 means the building performs better than about 28% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 28 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 47 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. 170 West 73 Street & 175 West 72 Street - Parent Property's 81.2 kBtu/ft² across 222,767 sq ft works out to about 18.1 billion Btu (5,301 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 135.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,855,305 kWh of electricity, 117,539 therms of natural gas and 13,983 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 170 West 73 Street & 175 West 72 Street - Parent Property to report its energy use?

170 West 73 Street & 175 West 72 Street - Parent Property 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:16080213:2024). 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.