Ink 48

How does Ink 48 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. Ink 48's ENERGY STAR score of 62 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 63% of them and lower than 35%. Its site EUI of 77.3 kBtu/ft² is about 18% 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 7.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 153,363 sq ft, it is about 12% above the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1930, 45 years earlier 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 62 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 62 means the building performs better than about 62% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 62 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 13 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. Ink 48's 77.3 kBtu/ft² across 153,363 sq ft works out to about 11.9 billion Btu (3,474 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 166.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,194,689 kWh of electricity and 43,621 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Ink 48 to report its energy use?

Ink 48 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:53142792:2024). 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.