412 West 15th Street

How does 412 West 15th Street compare with other financial office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 48 financial office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 412 West 15th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 80 compares with an average of 72 across the 35 that report a score; it scores higher than 57% of them and lower than 34%. Its site EUI of 63.5 kBtu/ft² is about 23% below the average of 82.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 20% below the group average of 7.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 140,649 sq ft, it is about 79% below the average floor area of 655,976 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2010, 42 years later than the group's average year built (1968). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 161 financial office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 72 and a site EUI of 69.2 kBtu/ft².

How has 412 West 15th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 412 West 15th Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 60 in 2022 to 80 in 2024 (+20 points). Site EUI moved from 81.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 63.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 22% decrease. Reported emissions went from 839 tCO₂e to 857 tCO₂e over the same span (up 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 80 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 80 means the building performs better than about 80% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 80 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. 412 West 15th Street's 63.5 kBtu/ft² across 140,649 sq ft works out to about 8.9 billion Btu (2,617 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 143.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,810,640 kWh of electricity, 27,553 therms of natural gas and 1,183 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 412 West 15th Street to report its energy use?

412 West 15th 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:6801340:2024). 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.