Evolution - 102-40 Ditmars Blvd (Hampton Inn LaGuardia Airport)

How does Evolution - 102-40 Ditmars Blvd (Hampton Inn LaGuardia Airport) 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. Evolution - 102-40 Ditmars Blvd (Hampton Inn LaGuardia Airport)'s ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 96% of them. Its site EUI of 34.7 kBtu/ft² is about 63% below 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 1.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 76% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 134,645 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2009, 34 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 Evolution - 102-40 Ditmars Blvd (Hampton Inn LaGuardia Airport)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Evolution - 102-40 Ditmars Blvd (Hampton Inn LaGuardia Airport), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 100 in both 2022 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 35.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 34.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 257 tCO₂e to 248 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 100 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: 100 is the top of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 100 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Evolution - 102-40 Ditmars Blvd (Hampton Inn LaGuardia Airport)'s 34.7 kBtu/ft² across 134,645 sq ft works out to about 4.7 billion Btu (1,369 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 36.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 46,726 therms of natural gas and 8,325 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Evolution - 102-40 Ditmars Blvd (Hampton Inn LaGuardia Airport) to report its energy use?

Evolution - 102-40 Ditmars Blvd (Hampton Inn LaGuardia Airport) 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:5859013:2024). 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.