814 Amsterdam

How does 814 Amsterdam compare with other mixed use property buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 395 mixed use property buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 814 Amsterdam's ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 53 across the 35 that report a score; it scores higher than 91% of them. Its site EUI of 6.6 kBtu/ft² is about 93% below the average of 92.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 95% below the group average of 7.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 53,560 sq ft, it is about 76% below the average floor area of 224,815 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2018, 61 years later than the group's average year built (1958). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,212 mixed use property buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 69 and a site EUI of 79.8 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 100 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: 100 is the top of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 100 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. 814 Amsterdam's 6.6 kBtu/ft² across 53,560 sq ft works out to about 0.4 billion Btu (104 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 7.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,578 kWh of electricity, 3,422 therms of natural gas and 14,554 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 814 Amsterdam to report its energy use?

814 Amsterdam 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:33975064:2023). 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.