155-15 Aguilar Avenue

How does 155-15 Aguilar Avenue compare with other supermarket/grocery store buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 166 supermarket/grocery store buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 155-15 Aguilar Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 68 compares with an average of 61 across the 114 that report a score; it scores higher than 56% of them and lower than 43%. Its site EUI of 143.1 kBtu/ft² is about 23% below the average of 184.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 15.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% below the group average of 17.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 26,983 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 51,810 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1954, 20 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,646 supermarket/grocery store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 176.1 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 68 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 68 means the building performs better than about 68% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 68 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 7 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. 155-15 Aguilar Avenue's 143.1 kBtu/ft² across 26,983 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,132 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 381.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,045,528 kWh of electricity and 2,945 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 155-15 Aguilar Avenue to report its energy use?

155-15 Aguilar Avenue 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:6231638:2023). 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.