33-31 Greenpoint Avenue

How does 33-31 Greenpoint Avenue compare with other manufacturing/industrial plant buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 592 manufacturing/industrial plant buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 24.9 kBtu/ft² is about 76% below the average of 102.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 75% below the group average of 7.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 48,893 sq ft, it is about 44% below the average floor area of 87,732 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1968, 19 years later than the group's average year built (1949). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,372 manufacturing/industrial plant buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 67 and a site EUI of 126.3 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 24.9 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. 33-31 Greenpoint Avenue's 24.9 kBtu/ft² across 48,893 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (357 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 42.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 130,271 kWh of electricity, 7,730 therms of natural gas and 67 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 33-31 Greenpoint Avenue to report its energy use?

33-31 Greenpoint Avenue 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:47969194:2024). 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.