30 East 9th Street

How does 30 East 9th Street 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. 30 East 9th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 64 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 44% of them and lower than 55%. Its site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft² is about 23% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 33% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 180,098 sq ft, it is about 78% above the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1955 construction date is close to 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 30 East 9th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 30 East 9th Street, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score was 64 in both 2022 and 2023. Site EUI moved from 96.8 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 92.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,131 tCO₂e to 1,235 tCO₂e over the same span (up 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 64 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 64 means the building performs better than about 64% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 64 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 11 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. 30 East 9th Street's 92.2 kBtu/ft² across 180,098 sq ft works out to about 16.6 billion Btu (4,866 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 158.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,859,471 kWh of electricity, 102,585 therms of natural gas and 6,594 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 30 East 9th Street to report its energy use?

30 East 9th 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:16391672:2023). 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.