Evolution - 153 West 57th Street (Park Hyatt)

How does Evolution - 153 West 57th Street (Park Hyatt) 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. Evolution - 153 West 57th Street (Park Hyatt)'s ENERGY STAR score of 30 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 17% of them and lower than 82%. Its site EUI of 128.7 kBtu/ft² is about 72% 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 11.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 853,567 sq ft, it is about 746% above the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2014, 62 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 Evolution - 153 West 57th Street (Park Hyatt)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Evolution - 153 West 57th Street (Park Hyatt), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 83 in 2022 to 30 in 2024 (-53 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 83. Site EUI moved from 60.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 128.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 112% increase. Reported emissions went from 4,329 tCO₂e to 9,658 tCO₂e over the same span (up 123%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 30 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 30 means the building performs better than about 30% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 30 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 45 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. Evolution - 153 West 57th Street (Park Hyatt)'s 128.7 kBtu/ft² across 853,567 sq ft works out to about 109.9 billion Btu (32,195 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 246.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 14,371,972 kWh of electricity, 18,380 therms of natural gas and 55,356 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Evolution - 153 West 57th Street (Park Hyatt) to report its energy use?

Evolution - 153 West 57th Street (Park Hyatt) 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:6675019:2024). 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.