250-10 Grand Central Pkwy

How does 250-10 Grand Central Pkwy compare with other mixed use property buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 395 mixed use property buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 33.7 kBtu/ft² is about 64% below the average of 92.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 62% below the group average of 7.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 66,200 sq ft, it is about 71% below the average floor area of 224,815 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2002, 45 years later than the group's average year built (1958). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,212 mixed use property buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 69 and a site EUI of 79.8 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 33.7 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. 250-10 Grand Central Pkwy's 33.7 kBtu/ft² across 66,200 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (654 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 68.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 371,897 kWh of electricity, 9,632 therms of natural gas and 442 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 250-10 Grand Central Pkwy to report its energy use?

250-10 Grand Central Pkwy 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:52828992:2024). 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.