116-02 15th Ave (114-04 15 AVENUE)

How does 116-02 15th Ave (114-04 15 AVENUE) compare with other manufacturing/industrial plant buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 592 manufacturing/industrial plant buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 49.9 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 102.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 7.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 224,500 sq ft, it is about 156% above the average floor area of 87,732 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 51 years later than the group's average year built (1949). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,372 manufacturing/industrial plant buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 67 and a site EUI of 126.3 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 49.9 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 116-02 15th Ave (114-04 15 AVENUE)'s 49.9 kBtu/ft² across 224,500 sq ft works out to about 11.2 billion Btu (3,283 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 95.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,623,373 kWh of electricity and 56,742 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 116-02 15th Ave (114-04 15 AVENUE) to report its energy use?

116-02 15th Ave (114-04 15 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:53572293:2024). 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.