505 East 175th Street

How does 505 East 175th 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. 505 East 175th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 76 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 77% of them and lower than 22%. Its site EUI of 91.6 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 7.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 29,755 sq ft, it is about 78% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1925, 50 years earlier 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 505 East 175th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 505 East 175th Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 71 in 2022 to 76 in 2024 (+5 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 76. Site EUI moved from 97.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 91.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 202 tCO₂e to 234 tCO₂e over the same span (up 16%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 76 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 76 means the building performs better than about 76% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 76 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. 505 East 175th Street's 91.6 kBtu/ft² across 29,755 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (799 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 180.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 422,033 kWh of electricity, 12,848 therms of natural gas and 7,502 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 505 East 175th Street to report its energy use?

505 East 175th 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:6679545:2024). 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.