Maxwell Kates: 49 EAST 21 ST

How does Maxwell Kates: 49 EAST 21 ST 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. Maxwell Kates: 49 EAST 21 ST's ENERGY STAR score of 5 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 77.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 6.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 28% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 67,414 sq ft, it is about 33% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1913, 39 years earlier 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 5 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 5 means the building performs better than about 5% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 5 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 70 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. Maxwell Kates: 49 EAST 21 ST's 77.5 kBtu/ft² across 67,414 sq ft works out to about 5.2 billion Btu (1,531 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 152.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 802,995 kWh of electricity and 24,864 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Maxwell Kates: 49 EAST 21 ST to report its energy use?

Maxwell Kates: 49 EAST 21 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:12420358:2024). 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.