830 Fountain Ave

How does 830 Fountain Ave compare with other non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 639 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 830 Fountain Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 57 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 45% of them and lower than 53%. Its site EUI of 37.4 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 39.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 27% below the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 279,162 sq ft, it is about 235% above the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 27 years later than the group's average year built (1953). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,723 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 66 and a site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 57 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 57 means the building performs better than about 57% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 57 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 18 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. 830 Fountain Ave's 37.4 kBtu/ft² across 279,162 sq ft works out to about 10.4 billion Btu (3,060 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 47.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 362,360 kWh of electricity, 91,912 therms of natural gas and 280 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 830 Fountain Ave to report its energy use?

830 Fountain Ave 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:50395793:2024). 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.