201 East 57th Street

How does 201 East 57th Street compare with other retail store buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 525 retail store buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 201 East 57th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 62 across the 270 that report a score; it scores higher than 85% of them and lower than 13%. Its site EUI of 49.7 kBtu/ft² is about 34% below the average of 75.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 30% below the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 31,987 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 81,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2012, 50 years later than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

How has 201 East 57th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 201 East 57th Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 74 in 2022 to 98 in 2024 (+24 points). Site EUI moved from 86.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 49.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 43% decrease. Reported emissions went from 217 tCO₂e to 145 tCO₂e over the same span (down 33%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 98 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 98 means the building performs better than about 98% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 98 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. 201 East 57th Street's 49.7 kBtu/ft² across 31,987 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (466 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 106.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 289,005 kWh of electricity, 6,023 therms of natural gas and 371 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 201 East 57th Street to report its energy use?

201 East 57th 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:7097728:2024). 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.