611 W 56th Street

How does 611 W 56th Street 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. 611 W 56th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 16 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 10% of them and lower than 90%. Its site EUI of 51.0 kBtu/ft² is about 32% below 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 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 163,321 sq ft, it is about 62% above the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1940, 12 years earlier 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 611 W 56th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 611 W 56th Street, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 12 in 2023 to 16 in 2024 (+4 points). Site EUI moved from 53.3 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 51.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 826 tCO₂e to 847 tCO₂e over the same span (up 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 16 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 16 means the building performs better than about 16% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 16 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 59 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. 611 W 56th Street's 51.0 kBtu/ft² across 163,321 sq ft works out to about 8.3 billion Btu (2,441 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 123.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,914,748 kWh of electricity, 17,967 therms of natural gas and 2,208 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 611 W 56th Street to report its energy use?

611 W 56th 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:33391078:2024). 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.