106 Gardner Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237

How does 106 Gardner Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237 compare with other non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 639 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 106 Gardner Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237's ENERGY STAR score of 72 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 62% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 24.7 kBtu/ft² is about 37% below the average of 39.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 96,733 sq ft, it is about 16% above the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2020, 67 years later than the group's average year built (1953). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,723 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 66 and a site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft².

How has 106 Gardner Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 106 Gardner Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 94 in 2023 to 72 in 2024 (-22 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 94. Site EUI moved from 6.4 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 24.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 286% increase. Reported emissions went from 60 tCO₂e to 162 tCO₂e over the same span (up 171%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 72 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 72 means the building performs better than about 72% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 72 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 3 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. 106 Gardner Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237's 24.7 kBtu/ft² across 96,733 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (700 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 36.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 166,612 kWh of electricity, 18,221 therms of natural gas and 159 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 106 Gardner Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237 to report its energy use?

106 Gardner Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237 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:34703501:2024). 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.