1213 Grand St

How does 1213 Grand St 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. 1213 Grand St's ENERGY STAR score of 9 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 9% of them and lower than 91%. Its site EUI of 107.6 kBtu/ft² is about 174% 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 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 124% above the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 39,900 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1970, 17 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 1213 Grand St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 1213 Grand St, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 10 in 2023 to 9 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 10. Site EUI moved from 95.2 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 107.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 13% increase. Reported emissions went from 246 tCO₂e to 277 tCO₂e over the same span (up 13%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 9 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 9 means the building performs better than about 9% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 9 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 66 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. 1213 Grand St's 107.6 kBtu/ft² across 39,900 sq ft works out to about 4.3 billion Btu (1,258 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 147.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 232,052 kWh of electricity, 35,016 therms of natural gas and 196 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1213 Grand St to report its energy use?

1213 Grand St 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:32637416:2024). 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.