119 W 145th St, New York, NY

How does 119 W 145th St, New York, NY compare with other self-storage facility buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 481 self-storage facility buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 10.5 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 21.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 98,800 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 98,872 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1980 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1983). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,050 self-storage facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 75 and a site EUI of 9.4 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 10.5 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. 119 W 145th St, New York, NY's 10.5 kBtu/ft² across 98,800 sq ft works out to about 1 billion Btu (304 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 29.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 303,495 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires 119 W 145th St, New York, NY to report its energy use?

119 W 145th St, New York, NY 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:25620070:2022). 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.