40-34 Crescent Street

How does 40-34 Crescent Street 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. 40-34 Crescent Street's ENERGY STAR score of 69 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 71% of them and lower than 28%. Its site EUI of 59.2 kBtu/ft² is about 37% below the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 39% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 58,749 sq ft, it is about 57% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2008, 33 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.

How has 40-34 Crescent Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 40-34 Crescent Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 71 in 2022 to 69 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 71. Site EUI moved from 61.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 59.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 239 tCO₂e to 279 tCO₂e over the same span (up 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 69 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 69 means the building performs better than about 69% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 69 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 6 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. 40-34 Crescent Street's 59.2 kBtu/ft² across 58,749 sq ft works out to about 3.5 billion Btu (1,019 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 107.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 445,661 kWh of electricity, 19,541 therms of natural gas and 4,017 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 40-34 Crescent Street to report its energy use?

40-34 Crescent 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:6192444:2024). 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.