686 Lafayette Avenue AKA 210 Kosciuszko (Parent Property)

How does 686 Lafayette Avenue AKA 210 Kosciuszko (Parent Property) 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. 686 Lafayette Avenue AKA 210 Kosciuszko (Parent Property)'s ENERGY STAR score of 41 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 25% of them and lower than 75%. Its site EUI of 102.8 kBtu/ft² is about 37% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 104,920 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 22 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 686 Lafayette Avenue AKA 210 Kosciuszko (Parent Property)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 686 Lafayette Avenue AKA 210 Kosciuszko (Parent Property), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 13 in 2022 to 41 in 2024 (+28 points). Site EUI moved from 114.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 102.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 11% decrease. Reported emissions went from 720 tCO₂e to 720 tCO₂e over the same span (up 0%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 41 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 41 means the building performs better than about 41% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 41 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 34 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. 686 Lafayette Avenue AKA 210 Kosciuszko (Parent Property)'s 102.8 kBtu/ft² across 104,920 sq ft works out to about 10.8 billion Btu (3,161 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 147.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 694,462 kWh of electricity, 84,206 therms of natural gas and 16,062 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 686 Lafayette Avenue AKA 210 Kosciuszko (Parent Property) to report its energy use?

686 Lafayette Avenue AKA 210 Kosciuszko (Parent Property) 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:17411939:2024). 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.