7102 Forest Ave/18-41 Stephen Street

How does 7102 Forest Ave/18-41 Stephen Street compare with other financial office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 48 financial office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 7102 Forest Ave/18-41 Stephen Street's ENERGY STAR score of 52 compares with an average of 72 across the 35 that report a score; it scores higher than 11% of them and lower than 86%. Its site EUI of 121.1 kBtu/ft² is about 46% above the average of 82.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 55% above the group average of 7.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 44,900 sq ft, it is about 93% below the average floor area of 655,976 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1921, 47 years earlier than the group's average year built (1968). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 161 financial office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 72 and a site EUI of 69.2 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 52 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 52 means the building performs better than about 52% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 52 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 23 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. 7102 Forest Ave/18-41 Stephen Street's 121.1 kBtu/ft² across 44,900 sq ft works out to about 5.4 billion Btu (1,594 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 278.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,140,228 kWh of electricity and 15,305 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 7102 Forest Ave/18-41 Stephen Street to report its energy use?

7102 Forest Ave/18-41 Stephen 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:59976492:2024). 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.