VISTA LIC HOTEL

How does VISTA LIC 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. VISTA LIC HOTEL's ENERGY STAR score of 41 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 40% of them and lower than 59%. Its site EUI of 86.3 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 8.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 10% above the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 40,057 sq ft, it is about 71% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2011, 36 years later 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 VISTA LIC HOTEL's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for VISTA LIC HOTEL, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 57 in 2022 to 41 in 2023 (-16 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 57. Site EUI moved from 82.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 86.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 5% increase. Reported emissions went from 310 tCO₂e to 345 tCO₂e over the same span (up 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 41 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 41 means the building performs better than about 41% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 41 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 34 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. VISTA LIC HOTEL's 86.3 kBtu/ft² across 40,057 sq ft works out to about 3.5 billion Btu (1,013 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 199.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 732,069 kWh of electricity, 9,609 therms of natural gas and 3,781 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires VISTA LIC HOTEL to report its energy use?

VISTA LIC 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:6286669:2023). 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.