Leiter: 49 North 8th Street

How does Leiter: 49 North 8th Street 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. Leiter: 49 North 8th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 84 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 68% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 38.1 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,718 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 55 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 Leiter: 49 North 8th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Leiter: 49 North 8th Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 85 in 2022 to 84 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 87. Site EUI moved from 40.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 38.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 165 tCO₂e to 210 tCO₂e over the same span (up 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 means the building performs better than about 84% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 84 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Leiter: 49 North 8th Street's 38.1 kBtu/ft² across 51,718 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (577 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 97.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 500,584 kWh of electricity and 2,599 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Leiter: 49 North 8th Street to report its energy use?

Leiter: 49 North 8th 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:3318974:2024). 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.