Evolution - 50 Bowery (Hotel 50 Bowery)

How does Evolution - 50 Bowery (Hotel 50 Bowery) 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 - 50 Bowery (Hotel 50 Bowery)'s ENERGY STAR score of 52 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 53% of them and lower than 46%. Its site EUI of 103.6 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 8.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% above the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 156,556 sq ft, it is about 14% above the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2017, 42 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 - 50 Bowery (Hotel 50 Bowery)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Evolution - 50 Bowery (Hotel 50 Bowery), covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 33 in 2022 to 52 in 2023 (+19 points). Site EUI moved from 98.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 103.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 5% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,098 tCO₂e to 1,366 tCO₂e over the same span (up 24%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 52 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 52 means the building performs better than about 52% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 52 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 23 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 - 50 Bowery (Hotel 50 Bowery)'s 103.6 kBtu/ft² across 156,556 sq ft works out to about 16.2 billion Btu (4,753 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 210.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,662,515 kWh of electricity, 71,289 therms of natural gas and 8,437 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Evolution - 50 Bowery (Hotel 50 Bowery) to report its energy use?

Evolution - 50 Bowery (Hotel 50 Bowery) 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:15568346:2023). 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.