515 West 38th Street (Henry Hall)

How does 515 West 38th Street (Henry Hall) 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. 515 West 38th Street (Henry Hall)'s ENERGY STAR score of 22 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 13% of them and lower than 87%. Its site EUI of 70.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 6.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 21% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 254,920 sq ft, it is about 153% above the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 63 years later 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 515 West 38th Street (Henry Hall)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 515 West 38th Street (Henry Hall), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 22 in both 2022 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 69.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 70.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 2% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,213 tCO₂e to 1,604 tCO₂e over the same span (up 32%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 22 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 22 means the building performs better than about 22% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 22 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 53 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. 515 West 38th Street (Henry Hall)'s 70.9 kBtu/ft² across 254,920 sq ft works out to about 18.1 billion Btu (5,297 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 145.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,045,824 kWh of electricity, 76,790 therms of natural gas and 9,349 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 515 West 38th Street (Henry Hall) to report its energy use?

515 West 38th Street (Henry Hall) 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:25178297:2024). 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.