Turkish House

How does Turkish House compare with other mixed use property buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 395 mixed use property buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Turkish House's ENERGY STAR score of 13 compares with an average of 53 across the 35 that report a score; it scores higher than 9% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 120.8 kBtu/ft² is about 30% above the average of 92.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 10.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 27% above the group average of 7.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 205,573 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 224,815 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2021, 64 years later than the group's average year built (1958). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,212 mixed use property buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 69 and a site EUI of 79.8 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 13 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 13 means the building performs better than about 13% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 13 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 62 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. Turkish House's 120.8 kBtu/ft² across 205,573 sq ft works out to about 24.8 billion Btu (7,278 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 229.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,516,511 kWh of electricity, 128,407 therms of natural gas and 3,161 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Turkish House to report its energy use?

Turkish House 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:53687992:2024). 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.