Chanin- 122 East 42nd

How does Chanin- 122 East 42nd compare with other financial office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 48 financial office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Chanin- 122 East 42nd's ENERGY STAR score of 81 compares with an average of 72 across the 35 that report a score; it scores higher than 66% of them and lower than 31%. Its site EUI of 66.9 kBtu/ft² is about 19% below the average of 82.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% below the group average of 7.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 850,510 sq ft, it is about 30% above the average floor area of 655,976 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1929, 39 years earlier than the group's average year built (1968). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 161 financial office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 72 and a site EUI of 69.2 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 81 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 81 means the building performs better than about 81% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 81 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Chanin- 122 East 42nd's 66.9 kBtu/ft² across 850,510 sq ft works out to about 56.9 billion Btu (16,675 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 128.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 7,482,807 kWh of electricity, 2,512 therms of natural gas and 6,862 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Chanin- 122 East 42nd to report its energy use?

Chanin- 122 East 42nd 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:52739192:2024). 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.