469, 2795 Richmond Avenue

How does 469, 2795 Richmond Avenue 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. 469, 2795 Richmond Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 62 across the 270 that report a score; it scores higher than 61% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 54.2 kBtu/ft² is about 28% below the average of 75.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 11% below the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 41,627 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 81,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 38 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. 469, 2795 Richmond Avenue's 54.2 kBtu/ft² across 41,627 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (661 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 138.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 567,340 kWh of electricity and 3,212 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 469, 2795 Richmond Avenue to report its energy use?

469, 2795 Richmond 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:6681964:2024). 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.