99 Ellis St Realty: 99 Ellis Street

How does 99 Ellis St Realty: 99 Ellis Street compare with other supermarket/grocery store buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 166 supermarket/grocery store buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 99 Ellis St Realty: 99 Ellis Street's ENERGY STAR score of 87 compares with an average of 61 across the 114 that report a score; it scores higher than 81% of them and lower than 18%. Its site EUI of 144.2 kBtu/ft² is about 22% below the average of 184.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 13.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 23% below the group average of 17.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 53,983 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 51,810 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1984, 10 years later than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,646 supermarket/grocery store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 176.1 kBtu/ft².

How has 99 Ellis St Realty: 99 Ellis Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 99 Ellis St Realty: 99 Ellis Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 88 in 2022 to 87 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 89. Site EUI moved from 144.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 144.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 0% increase. Reported emissions went from 556 tCO₂e to 706 tCO₂e over the same span (up 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 87 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 87 means the building performs better than about 87% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 87 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. 99 Ellis St Realty: 99 Ellis Street's 144.2 kBtu/ft² across 53,983 sq ft works out to about 7.8 billion Btu (2,281 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 304.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,381,901 kWh of electricity, 30,681 therms of natural gas and 1,345 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 99 Ellis St Realty: 99 Ellis Street to report its energy use?

99 Ellis St Realty: 99 Ellis 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:7945037:2024). 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.