252-260 West 40th Street

How does 252-260 West 40th Street compare with other hotel buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 970 hotel buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 252-260 West 40th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 12 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 12% of them and lower than 87%. Its site EUI of 161.8 kBtu/ft² is about 72% above the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 13.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 67% above the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 137,000 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2016, 41 years later than the group's average year built (1975). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,812 hotel buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 77.8 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 12 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 12 means the building performs better than about 12% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 12 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 63 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. 252-260 West 40th Street's 161.8 kBtu/ft² across 137,000 sq ft works out to about 22.2 billion Btu (6,496 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 294.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,867,582 kWh of electricity, 123,551 therms of natural gas and 9,957 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 252-260 West 40th Street to report its energy use?

252-260 West 40th 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:11877726:2024). 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.