1260 Grand Street

How does 1260 Grand Street 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. 1260 Grand Street's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 50% of them and lower than 49%. Its site EUI of 47.0 kBtu/ft² is about 20% 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 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 33,450 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1940, 13 years earlier 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 1260 Grand Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 1260 Grand Street, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 40 in 2022 to 61 in 2023 (+21 points). Site EUI moved from 76.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 47.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 39% decrease. Reported emissions went from 154 tCO₂e to 113 tCO₂e over the same span (down 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 61 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 61 means the building performs better than about 61% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 61 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 14 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. 1260 Grand Street's 47.0 kBtu/ft² across 33,450 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (461 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 76.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 152,963 kWh of electricity, 10,505 therms of natural gas and 223 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1260 Grand Street to report its energy use?

1260 Grand Street 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:6790208:2023). 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.