40-36 27 Street

How does 40-36 27 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. 40-36 27 Street's ENERGY STAR score of 37 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 36% of them and lower than 63%. Its site EUI of 85.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 21% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 31,383 sq ft, it is about 77% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2019, 44 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 40-36 27 Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 40-36 27 Street, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 30 in 2022 to 37 in 2023 (+7 points). Site EUI moved from 90.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 85.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 186 tCO₂e to 196 tCO₂e over the same span (up 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 37 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 37 means the building performs better than about 37% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 37 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 38 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. 40-36 27 Street's 85.0 kBtu/ft² across 31,383 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (782 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 143.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 283,797 kWh of electricity, 16,990 therms of natural gas and 2,340 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 40-36 27 Street to report its energy use?

40-36 27 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:22522277:2023). 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.