98 Riverside Drive

How does 98 Riverside Drive 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. 98 Riverside Drive's ENERGY STAR score of 93 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 80% of them and lower than 18%. Its site EUI of 51.4 kBtu/ft² is about 31% below the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 34% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 198,375 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1929, 23 years earlier 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 98 Riverside Drive's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 98 Riverside Drive, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 93 in both 2023 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 49.3 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 51.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 4% increase. Reported emissions went from 643 tCO₂e to 680 tCO₂e over the same span (up 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 93 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 93 means the building performs better than about 93% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 93 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. 98 Riverside Drive's 51.4 kBtu/ft² across 198,375 sq ft works out to about 10.2 billion Btu (2,988 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 73.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 653,822 kWh of electricity, 79,661 therms of natural gas and 4,857 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 98 Riverside Drive to report its energy use?

98 Riverside Drive 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:31999711:2024). 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.