47 West 13th Street AKA 48 West 14th Street

How does 47 West 13th Street AKA 48 West 14th Street compare with other residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 343 residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 47 West 13th Street AKA 48 West 14th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 51 compares with an average of 69 across the 177 that report a score; it scores higher than 19% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 82.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 79.6 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 6.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 21% above the group average of 5.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 75,195 sq ft, it is about 12% below the average floor area of 85,583 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 4 years later than the group's average year built (1947). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 702 residence hall/dormitory buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 70.7 kBtu/ft².

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. 47 West 13th Street AKA 48 West 14th Street's 82.9 kBtu/ft² across 75,195 sq ft works out to about 6.2 billion Btu (1,827 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 151.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 808,530 kWh of electricity and 34,761 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 47 West 13th Street AKA 48 West 14th Street to report its energy use?

47 West 13th Street AKA 48 West 14th 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:53948493:2024). 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.