Clinton Parkview Apts - 555 West 52nd Street

How does Clinton Parkview Apts - 555 West 52nd Street 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. Clinton Parkview Apts - 555 West 52nd Street's ENERGY STAR score of 58 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 39% of them and lower than 60%. Its site EUI of 72.8 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 5.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 92,806 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 51 years later 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 Clinton Parkview Apts - 555 West 52nd Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Clinton Parkview Apts - 555 West 52nd Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 56 in 2022 to 58 in 2024 (+2 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 60. Site EUI moved from 78.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 72.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 445 tCO₂e to 470 tCO₂e over the same span (up 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 58 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 58 means the building performs better than about 58% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 58 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 17 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. Clinton Parkview Apts - 555 West 52nd Street's 72.8 kBtu/ft² across 92,806 sq ft works out to about 6.8 billion Btu (1,980 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 110.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 524,283 kWh of electricity, 49,635 therms of natural gas and 6,771 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Clinton Parkview Apts - 555 West 52nd Street to report its energy use?

Clinton Parkview Apts - 555 West 52nd 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:4906135:2024). 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.