Sandberg: 40 W 15th St.
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 40 West 15th Street · 10011
At a glance
Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. is a 28,970-square-foot multifamily housing building at 40 West 15th Street in New York City, New York, built in 1903. In its 2023 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 15.2 kBtu/ft² and 46 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 15.2 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 40.2 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 46 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 117,750 kWh |
| Natural gas | 378 therms |
| Water use | 692 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 28,970 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:9947966:2023 |
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
- 40 West 15th Street
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10011
- Coordinates
- 40.73743, -73.99490
Within ~1 km
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How does Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. 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 15.2 kBtu/ft² is about 80% 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 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 69% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 28,970 sq ft, it is about 71% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1903, 49 years earlier 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 15.2 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. Sandberg: 40 W 15th St.'s 15.2 kBtu/ft² across 28,970 sq ft works out to about 0.4 billion Btu (129 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 40.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 117,750 kWh of electricity, 378 therms of natural gas and 692 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. to report its energy use?
Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:9947966:2023). 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 Sandberg: 40 W 15th St.'s energy grade?
Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 15.2 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 15.2 kBtu/ft² (40.2 kBtu/ft² source) across 28,970 sq ft, including 117,750 kWh of electricity and 378 therms of natural gas.
What are Sandberg: 40 W 15th St.'s carbon emissions?
Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. reported 46 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.6 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.
Where is Sandberg: 40 W 15th St.?
Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. is at 40 West 15th Street, in New York City, New York 10011. Its coordinates are 40.73743, -73.99490 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. and when was it built?
Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. has 28,970 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1903 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Sandberg: 40 W 15th St. covered by Local Law 84 (LL84)?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 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, “Sandberg: 40 W 15th St., New York City, New York — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/sandberg-40-w-15th-st-17c3f124 (data as of October 2, 2026).