77655-Brooklyn/E New York Av & Union

How does 77655-Brooklyn/E New York Av & Union compare with other self-storage facility buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 481 self-storage facility buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 12.3 kBtu/ft² is about 42% below the average of 21.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 36% below the group average of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 156,193 sq ft, it is about 58% above the average floor area of 98,872 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2020, 37 years later than the group's average year built (1983). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,050 self-storage facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 75 and a site EUI of 9.4 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 12.3 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. 77655-Brooklyn/E New York Av & Union's 12.3 kBtu/ft² across 156,193 sq ft works out to about 1.9 billion Btu (563 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 25.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 324,772 kWh of electricity, 8,132 therms of natural gas and 32 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 77655-Brooklyn/E New York Av & Union to report its energy use?

77655-Brooklyn/E New York Av & Union 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:53577801:2024). 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.