5625 Arlington Avenue

How does 5625 Arlington Avenue compare with other fitness center/health club/gym buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 144 fitness center/health club/gym buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 102.6 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 103.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 8.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 8.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 58,308 sq ft, it is about 29% above the average floor area of 45,215 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 15 years later than the group's average year built (1959). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 399 fitness center/health club/gym buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 89 and a site EUI of 112.4 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 102.6 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 5625 Arlington Avenue's 102.6 kBtu/ft² across 58,308 sq ft works out to about 6 billion Btu (1,753 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 186.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 771,287 kWh of electricity, 33,483 therms of natural gas and 1,508 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 5625 Arlington Avenue to report its energy use?

5625 Arlington Avenue 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:18634414:2024). 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.