Orsid-176 East 71st Street
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 174 EAST 71 STREET · 10021
At a glance
Orsid-176 East 71st Street is a 208,260-square-foot multifamily housing building at 174 EAST 71 STREET in New York City, New York, built in 1962. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 58.3 kBtu/ft² and 897 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 58.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 95.4 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 897 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,190,442 kWh |
| Natural gas | 80,849 therms |
| Water use | 6,178 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 208,260 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:55660293:2024 |
Compliance context
Local Law 84 (LL84)
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.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 174 EAST 71 STREET
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10021
- Coordinates
- 40.76936, -73.96183
Within ~1 km
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How does Orsid-176 East 71st Street 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 58.3 kBtu/ft² is about 22% below the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 208,260 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1962, 10 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 58.3 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-176 East 71st Street's 58.3 kBtu/ft² across 208,260 sq ft works out to about 12.1 billion Btu (3,558 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 95.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,190,442 kWh of electricity, 80,849 therms of natural gas and 6,178 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Orsid-176 East 71st Street to report its energy use?
Orsid-176 East 71st 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:55660293:2024). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Orsid-176 East 71st Street's energy grade?
Orsid-176 East 71st Street did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 58.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Orsid-176 East 71st Street use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 58.3 kBtu/ft² (95.4 kBtu/ft² source) across 208,260 sq ft, including 1,190,442 kWh of electricity and 80,849 therms of natural gas.
What are Orsid-176 East 71st Street's carbon emissions?
Orsid-176 East 71st Street reported 897 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Orsid-176 East 71st Street?
Orsid-176 East 71st Street is at 174 EAST 71 STREET, in New York City, New York 10021. Its coordinates are 40.76936, -73.96183 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is Orsid-176 East 71st Street and when was it built?
Orsid-176 East 71st Street has 208,260 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1962 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Orsid-176 East 71st Street covered by Local Law 84 (LL84)?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 Energy and Water Data Disclosure disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under Local Law 84 (LL84).
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About this data
Source: Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84 (LL84)), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Orsid-176 East 71st Street, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/orsid-176-east-71st-street-6da31c3b (data as of October 2, 2026).