886 Broadway

How does 886 Broadway compare with other fitness center/health club/gym buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 144 fitness center/health club/gym buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 886 Broadway's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 89 across the 1 that report a score. Its site EUI of 44.0 kBtu/ft² is about 58% below the average of 103.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 8.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 70,956 sq ft, it is about 57% above the average floor area of 45,215 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1992, 33 years later than the group's average year built (1959). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 399 fitness center/health club/gym buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 89 and a site EUI of 112.4 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 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. 886 Broadway's 44.0 kBtu/ft² across 70,956 sq ft works out to about 3.1 billion Btu (915 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 85.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 470,802 kWh of electricity and 15,140 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 886 Broadway to report its energy use?

886 Broadway 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:20833876:2024). 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.