56 Bogart Street (NG Gas)

How does 56 Bogart Street (NG Gas) compare with other museum buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 76 museum buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 35.3 kBtu/ft² is about 68% below the average of 111.6 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 80% below the group average of 9.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 90,352 sq ft, it is about 31% below the average floor area of 131,184 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1930 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1932).

What does a site EUI of 35.3 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. 56 Bogart Street (NG Gas)'s 35.3 kBtu/ft² across 90,352 sq ft works out to about 3.2 billion Btu (935 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 37.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 31,895 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 56 Bogart Street (NG Gas) to report its energy use?

56 Bogart Street (NG Gas) 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:35699724:2024). 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.