2580-2602 Hylan Boulevard

How does 2580-2602 Hylan Boulevard compare with other strip mall buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 215 strip mall buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 128.8 kBtu/ft² is about 16% above the average of 111.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% above the group average of 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 40,618 sq ft, it is about 40% below the average floor area of 67,251 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 43 years later than the group's average year built (1972). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,607 strip mall buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 83.1 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 128.8 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. 2580-2602 Hylan Boulevard's 128.8 kBtu/ft² across 40,618 sq ft works out to about 5.2 billion Btu (1,533 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 269.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 915,155 kWh of electricity and 21,083 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 2580-2602 Hylan Boulevard to report its energy use?

2580-2602 Hylan 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:45814892:2024). 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.