159-02 Jamaica Avenue (aka 92-53 Parsons Boulevard)

How does 159-02 Jamaica Avenue (aka 92-53 Parsons Boulevard) compare with other enclosed mall buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 49 enclosed mall buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 57.9 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 120.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 10.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 400,000 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 408,568 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 8 years later than the group's average year built (1991).

What does a site EUI of 57.9 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. 159-02 Jamaica Avenue (aka 92-53 Parsons Boulevard)'s 57.9 kBtu/ft² across 400,000 sq ft works out to about 23.2 billion Btu (6,788 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 143.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 5,515,386 kWh of electricity and 43,281 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 159-02 Jamaica Avenue (aka 92-53 Parsons Boulevard) to report its energy use?

159-02 Jamaica Avenue (aka 92-53 Parsons Boulevard) 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:3541797:2023). 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.