250 Coster Street

How does 250 Coster 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. 250 Coster Street's ENERGY STAR score of 26 compares with an average of 50 across the 51 that report a score; it scores higher than 31% of them and lower than 67%. Its site EUI of 84.9 kBtu/ft² is about 21% above the average of 69.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 36% above the group average of 6.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 42,007 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 78,204 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1959, 4 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 26 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 26 means the building performs better than about 26% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 26 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 49 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. 250 Coster Street's 84.9 kBtu/ft² across 42,007 sq ft works out to about 3.6 billion Btu (1,045 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 218.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 912,078 kWh of electricity, 4,524 therms of natural gas and 552 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 250 Coster Street to report its energy use?

250 Coster 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:63125292:2024). 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.