United American Land (UAL) - 408 Broadway

How does United American Land (UAL) - 408 Broadway compare with other office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 3,384 office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 39.1 kBtu/ft² is about 39% below the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 42% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 56,210 sq ft, it is about 73% below the average floor area of 205,440 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1915, 25 years earlier than the group's average year built (1940). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 39.1 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. United American Land (UAL) - 408 Broadway's 39.1 kBtu/ft² across 56,210 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (644 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 78.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 347,546 kWh of electricity, 10,122 therms of natural gas and 706 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires United American Land (UAL) - 408 Broadway to report its energy use?

United American Land (UAL) - 408 Broadway 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:55461192:2024). 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.