61-02 Springfield Blvd

How does 61-02 Springfield Blvd 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. 61-02 Springfield Blvd's ENERGY STAR score of 3 compares with an average of 62 across the 270 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 94%. Its site EUI of 209.2 kBtu/ft² is about 179% above the average of 75.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 13.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 25,000 sq ft, it is about 69% below the average floor area of 81,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1972, 10 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 3 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 3 means the building performs better than about 3% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 3 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 72 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. 61-02 Springfield Blvd's 209.2 kBtu/ft² across 25,000 sq ft works out to about 5.2 billion Btu (1,533 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 332.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 474,153 kWh of electricity and 1,257 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 61-02 Springfield Blvd to report its energy use?

61-02 Springfield Blvd 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:24514694:2022). 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.