(9180) - First Orchard Retail LLC (180 Orchard Street)

How does (9180) - First Orchard Retail LLC (180 Orchard Street) 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. (9180) - First Orchard Retail LLC (180 Orchard Street)'s ENERGY STAR score of 20 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 19% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 88.4 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 7.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 199,408 sq ft, it is about 45% above the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2008, 33 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 (9180) - First Orchard Retail LLC (180 Orchard Street)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for (9180) - First Orchard Retail LLC (180 Orchard Street), covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 28 in 2022 to 20 in 2023 (-8 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 28. Site EUI moved from 81.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 88.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 9% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,158 tCO₂e to 1,463 tCO₂e over the same span (up 26%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 20 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 20 means the building performs better than about 20% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 20 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 55 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. (9180) - First Orchard Retail LLC (180 Orchard Street)'s 88.4 kBtu/ft² across 199,408 sq ft works out to about 17.6 billion Btu (5,166 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 175.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,772,182 kWh of electricity, 81,757 therms of natural gas and 10,115 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires (9180) - First Orchard Retail LLC (180 Orchard Street) to report its energy use?

(9180) - First Orchard Retail LLC (180 Orchard Street) 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:20939909:2023). 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.