Somerstein: 1245 Broadway

How does Somerstein: 1245 Broadway compare with other retail store buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 525 retail store buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Somerstein: 1245 Broadway's ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 62 across the 270 that report a score; it scores higher than 67% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 126.3 kBtu/ft² is about 68% above the average of 75.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 83% above the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 36,412 sq ft, it is about 55% below the average floor area of 81,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1919, 43 years earlier than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Somerstein: 1245 Broadway's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Somerstein: 1245 Broadway, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 96 in 2022 to 86 in 2024 (-10 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 96. Site EUI moved from 98.8 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 126.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 28% increase. Reported emissions went from 258 tCO₂e to 434 tCO₂e over the same span (up 68%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. Somerstein: 1245 Broadway's 126.3 kBtu/ft² across 36,412 sq ft works out to about 4.6 billion Btu (1,348 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 279.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 898,291 kWh of electricity, 15,324 therms of natural gas and 3,568 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Somerstein: 1245 Broadway to report its energy use?

Somerstein: 1245 Broadway 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:7095172:2024). 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.