1948 Troutman Street

How does 1948 Troutman Street compare with other refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 64 refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 1948 Troutman Street's ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 50 across the 51 that report a score; it scores higher than 63% of them and lower than 35%. Its site EUI of 39.6 kBtu/ft² is about 43% below the average of 69.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% below the group average of 6.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 57,890 sq ft, it is about 26% below the average floor area of 78,204 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1931, 32 years earlier than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 472 refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 52 and a site EUI of 76.3 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 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. 1948 Troutman Street's 39.6 kBtu/ft² across 57,890 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (672 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 110.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 672,152 kWh of electricity and 333 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1948 Troutman Street to report its energy use?

1948 Troutman 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:51759792:2024). 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.