Triumph Hotels - 250 West 77th Street (Belleclaire Hotel)

How does Triumph Hotels - 250 West 77th Street (Belleclaire Hotel) 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. Triumph Hotels - 250 West 77th Street (Belleclaire Hotel)'s ENERGY STAR score of 67 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 69% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 76.4 kBtu/ft² is about 19% 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 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 21% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 121,147 sq ft, it is about 12% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1910, 65 years earlier 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 Triumph Hotels - 250 West 77th Street (Belleclaire Hotel)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Triumph Hotels - 250 West 77th Street (Belleclaire Hotel), covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 50 in 2022 to 67 in 2023 (+17 points). Site EUI moved from 99.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 76.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 24% decrease. Reported emissions went from 797 tCO₂e to 747 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 67 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 67 means the building performs better than about 67% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 67 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 8 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. Triumph Hotels - 250 West 77th Street (Belleclaire Hotel)'s 76.4 kBtu/ft² across 121,147 sq ft works out to about 9.3 billion Btu (2,713 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 146.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,348,175 kWh of electricity, 46,531 therms of natural gas and 12,282 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Triumph Hotels - 250 West 77th Street (Belleclaire Hotel) to report its energy use?

Triumph Hotels - 250 West 77th Street (Belleclaire Hotel) 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:26587763:2023). 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.