Hotel - 312 West 37th Street

How does Hotel - 312 West 37th Street 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. Hotel - 312 West 37th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 5 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 7% of them and lower than 92%. Its site EUI of 109.6 kBtu/ft² is about 16% above the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 26% above the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 119,676 sq ft, it is about 13% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2012, 37 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 Hotel - 312 West 37th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Hotel - 312 West 37th Street, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 6 in 2023 to 5 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 6. Site EUI moved from 103.2 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 109.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 6% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,079 tCO₂e to 1,175 tCO₂e over the same span (up 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 5 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 5 means the building performs better than about 5% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 5 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 70 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. Hotel - 312 West 37th Street's 109.6 kBtu/ft² across 119,676 sq ft works out to about 13.1 billion Btu (3,844 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 227.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,260,539 kWh of electricity and 54,047 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Hotel - 312 West 37th Street to report its energy use?

Hotel - 312 West 37th 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:31954908:2024). 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.