Orsid -1330 5th Avenue (fake child)

How does Orsid -1330 5th Avenue (fake child) 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. Its site EUI of 86.1 kBtu/ft² is about 15% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 18% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 103,059 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1989, 37 years later 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 a site EUI of 86.1 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. Orsid -1330 5th Avenue (fake child)'s 86.1 kBtu/ft² across 103,059 sq ft works out to about 8.9 billion Btu (2,601 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 135.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 773,686 kWh of electricity and 62,373 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Orsid -1330 5th Avenue (fake child) to report its energy use?

Orsid -1330 5th Avenue (fake child) 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:33619400:2024). 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.