6201 15th Avenue

How does 6201 15th Avenue compare with other office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 3,384 office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 6201 15th Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 99 compares with an average of 72 across the 2,519 that report a score; it scores higher than 94% of them and lower than 5%. Its site EUI of 25.4 kBtu/ft² is about 61% below the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 55% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 147,530 sq ft, it is about 28% below the average floor area of 205,440 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1946, 6 years later than the group's average year built (1940). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 99 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 99 means the building performs better than about 99% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 99 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. 6201 15th Avenue's 25.4 kBtu/ft² across 147,530 sq ft works out to about 3.7 billion Btu (1,098 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 59.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 807,176 kWh of electricity, 3,693 therms of natural gas and 717 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 6201 15th Avenue to report its energy use?

6201 15th 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:52956192:2024). 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.