31-18 37th Street (Trinity Lutheran Church)

How does 31-18 37th Street (Trinity Lutheran Church) compare with other worship facility buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 370 worship facility buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 71.9 kBtu/ft² is about 15% above the average of 62.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,750 sq ft, it is about 15% above the average floor area of 44,868 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1926, 11 years earlier than the group's average year built (1937). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,035 worship facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 50 and a site EUI of 47.8 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 71.9 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. 31-18 37th Street (Trinity Lutheran Church)'s 71.9 kBtu/ft² across 51,750 sq ft works out to about 3.7 billion Btu (1,090 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 78.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 35,149 kWh of electricity, 20,620 therms of natural gas and 203 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 31-18 37th Street (Trinity Lutheran Church) to report its energy use?

31-18 37th Street (Trinity Lutheran Church) 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:34701227:2024). 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.