315 Bowery St

How does 315 Bowery St compare with other residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 343 residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 315 Bowery St's ENERGY STAR score of 43 compares with an average of 69 across the 177 that report a score; it scores higher than 15% of them and lower than 84%. Its site EUI of 91.4 kBtu/ft² is about 15% above the average of 79.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 15% above the group average of 5.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 32,358 sq ft, it is about 62% below the average floor area of 85,583 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1920, 26 years earlier than the group's average year built (1947). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 702 residence hall/dormitory buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 70.7 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 43 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 43 means the building performs better than about 43% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 43 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 32 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. 315 Bowery St's 91.4 kBtu/ft² across 32,358 sq ft works out to about 3 billion Btu (867 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 178.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 447,647 kWh of electricity and 1,317 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 315 Bowery St to report its energy use?

315 Bowery St 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:6683597:2022). 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.