363, 184 West 237th Street

How does 363, 184 West 237th Street compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 31 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 363, 184 West 237th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 29 compares with an average of 63 across the 16 that report a score; it scores higher than 25% of them and lower than 69%. Its site EUI of 108.9 kBtu/ft² is about 52% above the average of 71.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 77% above the group average of 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 118,423 sq ft, it is about 27% below the average floor area of 162,421 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 25 years later than the group's average year built (1990). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

How has 363, 184 West 237th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 363, 184 West 237th Street, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 24 in 2022 to 29 in 2023 (+5 points). Site EUI moved from 123.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 108.9 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 12% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,134 tCO₂e to 1,300 tCO₂e over the same span (up 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 29 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 29 means the building performs better than about 29% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 29 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 46 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. 363, 184 West 237th Street's 108.9 kBtu/ft² across 118,423 sq ft works out to about 12.9 billion Btu (3,780 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 277.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,241,398 kWh of electricity, 18,383 therms of natural gas and 664 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 363, 184 West 237th Street to report its energy use?

363, 184 West 237th 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:6778964:2023). 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.