The Hoxton

How does The Hoxton 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. The Hoxton's ENERGY STAR score of 2 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 94%. Its site EUI of 171.0 kBtu/ft² is about 81% above the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 14.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 83% above the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 91,622 sq ft, it is about 33% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2018, 43 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.

How has The Hoxton's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for The Hoxton, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 6 in 2022 to 2 in 2023 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 6. Site EUI moved from 151.0 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 171.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 13% increase. Reported emissions went from 971 tCO₂e to 1,309 tCO₂e over the same span (up 35%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 2 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 2 means the building performs better than about 2% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 2 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 73 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. The Hoxton's 171.0 kBtu/ft² across 91,622 sq ft works out to about 15.7 billion Btu (4,592 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 343.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,513,788 kWh of electricity, 70,875 therms of natural gas and 9,050 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Hoxton to report its energy use?

The Hoxton 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:16628773:2023). 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.