450 Zerega Ave

How does 450 Zerega Ave compare with other non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 639 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 450 Zerega Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 76% of them and lower than 22%. Its site EUI of 23.6 kBtu/ft² is about 40% below the average of 39.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 40,248 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1959, 6 years later than the group's average year built (1953). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,723 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 66 and a site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. 450 Zerega Ave's 23.6 kBtu/ft² across 40,248 sq ft works out to about 0.9 billion Btu (278 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 33.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 59,098 kWh of electricity, 7,494 therms of natural gas and 13 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 450 Zerega Ave to report its energy use?

450 Zerega Ave 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:48888992:2024). 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.