Aloft New York Brooklyn

How does Aloft New York Brooklyn 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. Aloft New York Brooklyn's ENERGY STAR score of 21 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 20% of them and lower than 79%. Its site EUI of 86.2 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 7.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 94,420 sq ft, it is about 31% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2011, 36 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 Aloft New York Brooklyn's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Aloft New York Brooklyn, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 28 in 2022 to 21 in 2024 (-7 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 28. Site EUI moved from 76.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 86.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 12% increase. Reported emissions went from 531 tCO₂e to 709 tCO₂e over the same span (up 34%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 21 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 21 means the building performs better than about 21% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 21 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 54 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. Aloft New York Brooklyn's 86.2 kBtu/ft² across 94,420 sq ft works out to about 8.1 billion Btu (2,385 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 173.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,307,548 kWh of electricity, 36,769 therms of natural gas and 6,203 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Aloft New York Brooklyn to report its energy use?

Aloft New York Brooklyn 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:26720792:2024). 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.