International House - 524 Riverside Drive/163 Claremont Ave

How does International House - 524 Riverside Drive/163 Claremont Ave 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. International House - 524 Riverside Drive/163 Claremont Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 39 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 23% of them and lower than 76%. Its site EUI of 86.1 kBtu/ft² is about 15% 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 5.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 110,111 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1961, 9 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 International House - 524 Riverside Drive/163 Claremont Ave's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for International House - 524 Riverside Drive/163 Claremont Ave, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 54 in 2022 to 39 in 2023 (-15 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 54. Site EUI moved from 91.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 86.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 584 tCO₂e to 625 tCO₂e over the same span (up 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 39 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 39 means the building performs better than about 39% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 39 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 36 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. International House - 524 Riverside Drive/163 Claremont Ave's 86.1 kBtu/ft² across 110,111 sq ft works out to about 9.5 billion Btu (2,778 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 125.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 636,362 kWh of electricity, 73,134 therms of natural gas and 3,864 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires International House - 524 Riverside Drive/163 Claremont Ave to report its energy use?

International House - 524 Riverside Drive/163 Claremont Ave 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:6278689:2023). 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.