Triumph Hotels - 7 East 27th St(The Gershwin Hotel)

How does Triumph Hotels - 7 East 27th St(The Gershwin 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 - 7 East 27th St(The Gershwin Hotel)'s ENERGY STAR score of 57 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 42%. Its site EUI of 63.3 kBtu/ft² is about 33% 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 6.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% below the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 53,038 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1903, 72 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 - 7 East 27th St(The Gershwin Hotel)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Triumph Hotels - 7 East 27th St(The Gershwin Hotel), covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 36 in 2022 to 57 in 2023 (+21 points). Site EUI moved from 81.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 63.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 22% decrease. Reported emissions went from 352 tCO₂e to 362 tCO₂e over the same span (up 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 57 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 57 means the building performs better than about 57% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 57 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 18 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 - 7 East 27th St(The Gershwin Hotel)'s 63.3 kBtu/ft² across 53,038 sq ft works out to about 3.4 billion Btu (984 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 175.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 965,932 kWh of electricity, 614 therms of natural gas and 14,285 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Triumph Hotels - 7 East 27th St(The Gershwin Hotel) to report its energy use?

Triumph Hotels - 7 East 27th St(The Gershwin 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:26596042:2023). 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.