William Vale Hotel

How does William Vale 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. William Vale Hotel's ENERGY STAR score of 53 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 54% of them and lower than 44%. Its site EUI of 93.2 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 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% above the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 238,161 sq ft, it is about 74% above the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2017, 42 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 William Vale Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for William Vale Hotel, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 131.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 93.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 29% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,827 tCO₂e to 2,101 tCO₂e over the same span (up 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 53 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 53 means the building performs better than about 53% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 53 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 22 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. William Vale Hotel's 93.2 kBtu/ft² across 238,161 sq ft works out to about 22.2 billion Btu (6,505 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 207.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 4,358,201 kWh of electricity and 73,356 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires William Vale Hotel to report its energy use?

William Vale 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:6831552:2024). 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.