514 West 168th Street

How does 514 West 168th 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. 514 West 168th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 40 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 39% of them and lower than 60%. Its site EUI of 64.4 kBtu/ft² is about 32% below 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 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 16% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 39,545 sq ft, it is about 71% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2014, 39 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 514 West 168th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 514 West 168th Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 72 in 2022 to 40 in 2024 (-32 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 72. Site EUI moved from 61.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 64.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 5% increase. Reported emissions went from 161 tCO₂e to 258 tCO₂e over the same span (up 60%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 40 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 40 means the building performs better than about 40% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 40 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 35 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. 514 West 168th Street's 64.4 kBtu/ft² across 39,545 sq ft works out to about 2.5 billion Btu (746 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 155.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 578,395 kWh of electricity, 5,651 therms of natural gas and 2,316 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 514 West 168th Street to report its energy use?

514 West 168th 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:8693752:2024). 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.