Mega International Commercial Bank:59 LIBERTY STREET

How does Mega International Commercial Bank:59 LIBERTY STREET compare with other bank branch buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 20 bank branch buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Mega International Commercial Bank:59 LIBERTY STREET's ENERGY STAR score of 50 compares with an average of 83 across the 13 that report a score; it scores higher than 0% of them and lower than 92%. Its site EUI of 108.1 kBtu/ft² is about 84% above the average of 58.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 10.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 128% above the group average of 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 32,829 sq ft, it is about 15% below the average floor area of 38,537 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1901, 49 years earlier than the group's average year built (1950). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 52 bank branch buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 85 and a site EUI of 43.0 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 50 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 50 means the building performs better than about 50% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 50 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 25 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. Mega International Commercial Bank:59 LIBERTY STREET's 108.1 kBtu/ft² across 32,829 sq ft works out to about 3.5 billion Btu (1,040 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 223.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 562,321 kWh of electricity and 1,295 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Mega International Commercial Bank:59 LIBERTY STREET to report its energy use?

Mega International Commercial Bank:59 LIBERTY 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:53498792:2024). 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.