URA Group - 568 Broadway

How does URA Group - 568 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. URA Group - 568 Broadway's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 72 across the 2,519 that report a score; it scores higher than 25% of them and lower than 74%. Its site EUI of 69.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 5.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 372,895 sq ft, it is about 82% above the average floor area of 205,440 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 40 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 an ENERGY STAR score of 61 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 61 means the building performs better than about 61% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 61 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 14 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. URA Group - 568 Broadway's 69.9 kBtu/ft² across 372,895 sq ft works out to about 26.1 billion Btu (7,639 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 148.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 4,739,845 kWh of electricity and 8,630 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires URA Group - 568 Broadway to report its energy use?

URA Group - 568 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:2782231:2022). 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.