Arlo Williamsburg - 96 Wythe Ave

How does Arlo Williamsburg - 96 Wythe Ave 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. Arlo Williamsburg - 96 Wythe Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 1 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 0% of them and lower than 96%. Its site EUI of 200.1 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 16.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 78,215 sq ft, it is about 43% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2017, 42 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 1 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: 1 is the bottom of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 1 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 74 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. Arlo Williamsburg - 96 Wythe Ave's 200.1 kBtu/ft² across 78,215 sq ft works out to about 15.7 billion Btu (4,587 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 385.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,300,459 kWh of electricity, 78,036 therms of natural gas and 8,019 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Arlo Williamsburg - 96 Wythe Ave to report its energy use?

Arlo Williamsburg - 96 Wythe Ave 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:55124792:2024). 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.