10615 Foster Avenue

How does 10615 Foster Avenue 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. 10615 Foster Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 81% of them and lower than 18%. Its site EUI of 71.1 kBtu/ft² is about 81% above the average of 39.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 55% above the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 77,000 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1972, 19 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 10615 Foster Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 10615 Foster Avenue, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 14 in 2022 to 89 in 2024 (+75 points). Site EUI moved from 74.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 71.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 349 tCO₂e to 371 tCO₂e over the same span (up 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. 10615 Foster Avenue's 71.1 kBtu/ft² across 77,000 sq ft works out to about 5.5 billion Btu (1,604 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 104.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 380,244 kWh of electricity, 41,763 therms of natural gas and 237 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 10615 Foster Avenue to report its energy use?

10615 Foster Avenue 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:15357391:2024). 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.