356-360 Wythe Avenue AKA 45 South 3rd Street

How does 356-360 Wythe Avenue AKA 45 South 3rd 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. Its site EUI of 27.2 kBtu/ft² is about 64% below the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 56% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 107,712 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1952 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.

What does a site EUI of 27.2 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 356-360 Wythe Avenue AKA 45 South 3rd Street's 27.2 kBtu/ft² across 107,712 sq ft works out to about 2.9 billion Btu (859 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 75.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 846,478 kWh of electricity and 796 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 356-360 Wythe Avenue AKA 45 South 3rd Street to report its energy use?

356-360 Wythe Avenue AKA 45 South 3rd 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:21968421:2022). 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.