286 New York Times Sq NY ALIZ

How does 286 New York Times Sq NY ALIZ 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. 286 New York Times Sq NY ALIZ's ENERGY STAR score of 20 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 19% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 133.6 kBtu/ft² is about 42% 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 10.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 28% above the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 114,917 sq ft, it is about 16% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 5 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 20 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 20 means the building performs better than about 20% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 20 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 55 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. 286 New York Times Sq NY ALIZ's 133.6 kBtu/ft² across 114,917 sq ft works out to about 15.4 billion Btu (4,499 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 231.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,761,051 kWh of electricity, 93,450 therms of natural gas and 7,612 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 286 New York Times Sq NY ALIZ to report its energy use?

286 New York Times Sq NY ALIZ 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:32510574:2023). 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.