629 Flushing LaGuardia NY FFI

How does 629 Flushing LaGuardia NY FFI 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. 629 Flushing LaGuardia NY FFI's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 62% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 78.6 kBtu/ft² is about 17% 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 7.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 29,175 sq ft, it is about 79% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2006, 31 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 629 Flushing LaGuardia NY FFI's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 629 Flushing LaGuardia NY FFI, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 1 in 2022 to 61 in 2024 (+60 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 68. Site EUI moved from 340.8 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 78.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 77% decrease. Reported emissions went from 182 tCO₂e to 209 tCO₂e over the same span (up 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 61 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 61 means the building performs better than about 61% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 61 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 14 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. 629 Flushing LaGuardia NY FFI's 78.6 kBtu/ft² across 29,175 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (672 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 167.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 414,258 kWh of electricity, 8,784 therms of natural gas and 3,012 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 629 Flushing LaGuardia NY FFI to report its energy use?

629 Flushing LaGuardia NY FFI 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:26575407:2024). 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.