300 Lafayette Street

How does 300 Lafayette Street compare with other office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 3,384 office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 300 Lafayette Street's ENERGY STAR score of 75 compares with an average of 72 across the 2,519 that report a score; it scores higher than 42% of them and lower than 56%. Its site EUI of 108.9 kBtu/ft² is about 69% above the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 10.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 74% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 59,757 sq ft, it is about 71% below the average floor area of 205,440 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2017, 77 years later than the group's average year built (1940). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has 300 Lafayette Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 300 Lafayette Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 80 in 2022 to 75 in 2024 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 90. Site EUI moved from 105.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 108.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 451 tCO₂e to 603 tCO₂e over the same span (up 34%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 75 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 75 means the building performs better than about 75% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 75 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. 300 Lafayette Street's 108.9 kBtu/ft² across 59,757 sq ft works out to about 6.5 billion Btu (1,907 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 235.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,215,931 kWh of electricity and 23,607 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 300 Lafayette Street to report its energy use?

300 Lafayette 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:25178309:2024). 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.