Kimberly Hotel - 151 E 50th St

How does Kimberly Hotel - 151 E 50th St 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. Kimberly Hotel - 151 E 50th St's ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 94% of them and lower than 5%. Its site EUI of 41.4 kBtu/ft² is about 56% 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 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 39% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 47,938 sq ft, it is about 65% below 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.

How has Kimberly Hotel - 151 E 50th St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Kimberly Hotel - 151 E 50th St, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 99 in 2022 to 98 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 99. Site EUI moved from 39.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 41.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 4% increase. Reported emissions went from 161 tCO₂e to 228 tCO₂e over the same span (up 42%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 98 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 98 means the building performs better than about 98% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 98 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. Kimberly Hotel - 151 E 50th St's 41.4 kBtu/ft² across 47,938 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (582 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 115.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 581,084 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 1,518 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Kimberly Hotel - 151 E 50th St to report its energy use?

Kimberly Hotel - 151 E 50th St 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:7127904:2024). 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.