156 Sanford Street

How does 156 Sanford Street compare with other manufacturing/industrial plant buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 592 manufacturing/industrial plant buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 844.7 kBtu/ft² is about 722% above the average of 102.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 53.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 591% above the group average of 7.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 43,700 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 87,732 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1959, 10 years later than the group's average year built (1949). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,372 manufacturing/industrial plant buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 67 and a site EUI of 126.3 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 844.7 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 156 Sanford Street's 844.7 kBtu/ft² across 43,700 sq ft works out to about 36.9 billion Btu (10,818 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 1123.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,729,365 kWh of electricity and 310,131 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 156 Sanford Street to report its energy use?

156 Sanford 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:47701392:2024). 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.