31-85 Whitestone Expy

How does 31-85 Whitestone Expy compare with other retail store buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 525 retail store buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 31-85 Whitestone Expy's ENERGY STAR score of 21 compares with an average of 62 across the 270 that report a score; it scores higher than 19% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 86.2 kBtu/ft² is about 15% above the average of 75.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 42,699 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 81,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2004, 42 years later than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

How has 31-85 Whitestone Expy's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 31-85 Whitestone Expy, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 21 in both 2022 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 83.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 86.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 247 tCO₂e to 301 tCO₂e over the same span (up 22%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 21 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 21 means the building performs better than about 21% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 21 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 54 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. 31-85 Whitestone Expy's 86.2 kBtu/ft² across 42,699 sq ft works out to about 3.7 billion Btu (1,079 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 160.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 497,141 kWh of electricity, 19,843 therms of natural gas and 727 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 31-85 Whitestone Expy to report its energy use?

31-85 Whitestone Expy 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:15377359:2024). 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.