Marriot Hotel - 102-05 Ditmars Blvd

How does Marriot Hotel - 102-05 Ditmars Blvd 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. Marriot Hotel - 102-05 Ditmars Blvd's ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 67% of them and lower than 32%. Its site EUI of 79.2 kBtu/ft² is about 16% 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 6.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 256,585 sq ft, it is about 87% above the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1981, 6 years later 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 Marriot Hotel - 102-05 Ditmars Blvd's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Marriot Hotel - 102-05 Ditmars Blvd, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 67 in 2022 to 65 in 2023 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 67. Site EUI moved from 80.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 79.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,474 tCO₂e to 1,742 tCO₂e over the same span (up 18%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 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. Marriot Hotel - 102-05 Ditmars Blvd's 79.2 kBtu/ft² across 256,585 sq ft works out to about 20.3 billion Btu (5,956 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 164.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,493,715 kWh of electricity, 83,932 therms of natural gas and 13,439 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Marriot Hotel - 102-05 Ditmars Blvd to report its energy use?

Marriot Hotel - 102-05 Ditmars Blvd 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:3894759:2023). 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.