(4175) - West Square Corporation (32 Washington Square West)

How does (4175) - West Square Corporation (32 Washington Square West) 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. (4175) - West Square Corporation (32 Washington Square West)'s ENERGY STAR score of 51 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 32% of them and lower than 67%. Its site EUI of 65.5 kBtu/ft² is about 13% 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 4.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 19% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 64,622 sq ft, it is about 36% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1925, 27 years earlier than 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.

How has (4175) - West Square Corporation (32 Washington Square West)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for (4175) - West Square Corporation (32 Washington Square West), covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 47 in 2022 to 51 in 2023 (+4 points). Site EUI moved from 74.0 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 65.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 11% decrease. Reported emissions went from 282 tCO₂e to 272 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 51 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 51 means the building performs better than about 51% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 51 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 24 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. (4175) - West Square Corporation (32 Washington Square West)'s 65.5 kBtu/ft² across 64,622 sq ft works out to about 4.2 billion Btu (1,240 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 91.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 250,157 kWh of electricity, 33,792 therms of natural gas and 1,373 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires (4175) - West Square Corporation (32 Washington Square West) to report its energy use?

(4175) - West Square Corporation (32 Washington Square West) 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:4028656:2023). 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.