1245 Randall Ave

How does 1245 Randall Ave compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 31 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 1245 Randall Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 9 compares with an average of 63 across the 16 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 88%. Its site EUI of 131.4 kBtu/ft² is about 84% above the average of 71.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 12.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 33,400 sq ft, it is about 79% below the average floor area of 162,421 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1966, 24 years earlier than the group's average year built (1990). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

How has 1245 Randall Ave's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 1245 Randall Ave, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 4 in 2022 to 9 in 2024 (+5 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 11. Site EUI moved from 132.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 131.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 319 tCO₂e to 406 tCO₂e over the same span (up 28%).

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. 1245 Randall Ave's 131.4 kBtu/ft² across 33,400 sq ft works out to about 4.4 billion Btu (1,286 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 284.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 818,652 kWh of electricity, 15,943 therms of natural gas and 138 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1245 Randall Ave to report its energy use?

1245 Randall Ave 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:14943330:2024). 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.