New York Times Square NY IC

How does New York Times Square NY IC 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 Times Square NY IC's ENERGY STAR score of 31 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 30% of them and lower than 68%. Its site EUI of 99.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 8.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 10% above the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 450,000 sq ft, it is about 228% above the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1985, 10 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 31 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 31 means the building performs better than about 31% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 31 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 44 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 Times Square NY IC's 99.5 kBtu/ft² across 450,000 sq ft works out to about 44.8 billion Btu (13,122 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 198.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 7,066,095 kWh of electricity, 206,814 therms of natural gas and 38,444 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires New York Times Square NY IC to report its energy use?

New York Times Square NY IC 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:36224816:2024). 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.