Renaissance New York Chelsea

How does Renaissance New York Chelsea 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. Renaissance New York Chelsea's ENERGY STAR score of 71 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 73% of them and lower than 26%. Its site EUI of 53.7 kBtu/ft² is about 43% 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 4.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 42% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 185,831 sq ft, it is about 35% above the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2019, 44 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 71 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 71 means the building performs better than about 71% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 71 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 4 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. Renaissance New York Chelsea's 53.7 kBtu/ft² across 185,831 sq ft works out to about 10 billion Btu (2,925 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 148.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,853,600 kWh of electricity and 103,682 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Renaissance New York Chelsea to report its energy use?

Renaissance New York Chelsea 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:17834807:2022). 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.