128-28 25th Avenue aka 25-10 Ulmer Street

How does 128-28 25th Avenue aka 25-10 Ulmer 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. 128-28 25th Avenue aka 25-10 Ulmer Street's ENERGY STAR score of 83 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 74% of them and lower than 25%. Its site EUI of 13.0 kBtu/ft² is about 67% below the average of 39.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 55% below the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 84,641 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1983, 30 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 128-28 25th Avenue aka 25-10 Ulmer Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 128-28 25th Avenue aka 25-10 Ulmer Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 83 in both 2022 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 18.8 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 13.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 31% decrease. Reported emissions went from 109 tCO₂e to 117 tCO₂e over the same span (up 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 83 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 83 means the building performs better than about 83% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 83 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. 128-28 25th Avenue aka 25-10 Ulmer Street's 13.0 kBtu/ft² across 84,641 sq ft works out to about 1.1 billion Btu (322 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 33.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 277,136 kWh of electricity, 1,512 therms of natural gas and 351 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 128-28 25th Avenue aka 25-10 Ulmer Street to report its energy use?

128-28 25th Avenue aka 25-10 Ulmer 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:5053057:2024). 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.