New York Hotel (Wallace Hotel) - 242 West 76th Street

How does New York Hotel (Wallace Hotel) - 242 West 76th Street 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. New York Hotel (Wallace Hotel) - 242 West 76th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 45 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 44% of them and lower than 55%. Its site EUI of 61.9 kBtu/ft² is about 34% 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 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 25% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 82,000 sq ft, it is about 40% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1926, 49 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 New York Hotel (Wallace Hotel) - 242 West 76th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for New York Hotel (Wallace Hotel) - 242 West 76th Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 63 in 2022 to 45 in 2024 (-18 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 63. Site EUI moved from 54.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 61.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 14% increase. Reported emissions went from 330 tCO₂e to 479 tCO₂e over the same span (up 45%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 45 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 45 means the building performs better than about 45% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 45 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 30 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. New York Hotel (Wallace Hotel) - 242 West 76th Street's 61.9 kBtu/ft² across 82,000 sq ft works out to about 5.1 billion Btu (1,488 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 137.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 992,411 kWh of electricity, 16,903 therms of natural gas and 3,606 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires New York Hotel (Wallace Hotel) - 242 West 76th Street to report its energy use?

New York Hotel (Wallace Hotel) - 242 West 76th 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:5865976:2024). 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.