Towne Place Suites New York Manhattan / Times Sq

How does Towne Place Suites New York Manhattan / Times Sq 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. Towne Place Suites New York Manhattan / Times Sq's ENERGY STAR score of 6 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 8% of them and lower than 92%. Its site EUI of 102.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 9.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 19% above the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 35,420 sq ft, it is about 74% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 32 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 6 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 6 means the building performs better than about 6% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 6 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 69 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. Towne Place Suites New York Manhattan / Times Sq's 102.5 kBtu/ft² across 35,420 sq ft works out to about 3.6 billion Btu (1,064 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 216.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 646,542 kWh of electricity and 14,263 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Towne Place Suites New York Manhattan / Times Sq to report its energy use?

Towne Place Suites New York Manhattan / Times Sq 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:54024295:2024). 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.