Wyndham Garden Chinatown

How does Wyndham Garden Chinatown 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. Wyndham Garden Chinatown's ENERGY STAR score of 13 compares with an average of 50 across the 853 that report a score; it scores higher than 13% of them and lower than 85%. Its site EUI of 89.1 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 8.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 56,485 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 137,256 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2012, 37 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 Wyndham Garden Chinatown's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Wyndham Garden Chinatown, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 4 in 2022 to 13 in 2024 (+9 points). Site EUI moved from 155.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 89.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 43% decrease. Reported emissions went from 536 tCO₂e to 465 tCO₂e over the same span (down 13%).

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. Wyndham Garden Chinatown's 89.1 kBtu/ft² across 56,485 sq ft works out to about 5 billion Btu (1,475 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 192.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 935,268 kWh of electricity, 18,392 therms of natural gas and 3,641 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Wyndham Garden Chinatown to report its energy use?

Wyndham Garden Chinatown 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:4929134:2024). 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.