Kew Motor Inn

How does Kew Motor Inn 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. Kew Motor Inn's ENERGY STAR score of 6 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 8% of them and lower than 92%. Its site EUI of 167.2 kBtu/ft² is about 77% 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 13.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 67% above the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 25,353 sq ft, it is about 82% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1961, 14 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.

How has Kew Motor Inn's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Kew Motor Inn, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 13 in 2022 to 6 in 2023 (-7 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 13. Site EUI moved from 145.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 167.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 15% increase. Reported emissions went from 260 tCO₂e to 330 tCO₂e over the same span (up 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 6 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 6 means the building performs better than about 6% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 6 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 69 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. Kew Motor Inn's 167.2 kBtu/ft² across 25,353 sq ft works out to about 4.2 billion Btu (1,242 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 276.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 436,997 kWh of electricity, 17,123 therms of natural gas and 6,359 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Kew Motor Inn to report its energy use?

Kew Motor Inn 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:6812335:2023). 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.