ACHS: 168-42 Jamaica Ave.

How does ACHS: 168-42 Jamaica Ave. 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. ACHS: 168-42 Jamaica Ave.'s ENERGY STAR score of 17 compares with an average of 62 across the 270 that report a score; it scores higher than 15% of them and lower than 84%. Its site EUI of 89.3 kBtu/ft² is about 19% 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 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 35% above the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 36,954 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 81,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2013, 51 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.

How has ACHS: 168-42 Jamaica Ave.'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for ACHS: 168-42 Jamaica Ave., covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 19 in 2022 to 17 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 19. Site EUI moved from 91.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 89.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 250 tCO₂e to 324 tCO₂e over the same span (up 30%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 17 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 17 means the building performs better than about 17% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 17 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 58 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. ACHS: 168-42 Jamaica Ave.'s 89.3 kBtu/ft² across 36,954 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (967 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 207.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 704,235 kWh of electricity, 8,974 therms of natural gas and 1,427 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires ACHS: 168-42 Jamaica Ave. to report its energy use?

ACHS: 168-42 Jamaica 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:11530290:2024). 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.