Esquire - 81-04 155th Ave

How does Esquire - 81-04 155th Ave 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. Esquire - 81-04 155th Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 27 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 16% of them and lower than 84%. Its site EUI of 114.4 kBtu/ft² is about 53% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 38% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 93,409 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1952 construction date is close to 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 27 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 27 means the building performs better than about 27% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 27 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 48 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. Esquire - 81-04 155th Ave's 114.4 kBtu/ft² across 93,409 sq ft works out to about 10.7 billion Btu (3,132 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 151.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 496,304 kWh of electricity and 89,885 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Esquire - 81-04 155th Ave to report its energy use?

Esquire - 81-04 155th 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:2707976:2024). 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.