ACHS Management : 5132 KINGS HIGHWAY

How does ACHS Management : 5132 KINGS HIGHWAY 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 Management : 5132 KINGS HIGHWAY's ENERGY STAR score of 19 compares with an average of 62 across the 270 that report a score; it scores higher than 16% of them and lower than 83%. Its site EUI of 92.9 kBtu/ft² is about 24% 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 8.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 33% above the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 96,734 sq ft, it is about 19% above the average floor area of 81,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 12 years earlier 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 Management : 5132 KINGS HIGHWAY's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for ACHS Management : 5132 KINGS HIGHWAY, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 35 in 2022 to 19 in 2024 (-16 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 37. Site EUI moved from 73.0 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 92.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 27% increase. Reported emissions went from 538 tCO₂e to 838 tCO₂e over the same span (up 56%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 19 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 19 means the building performs better than about 19% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 19 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 56 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 Management : 5132 KINGS HIGHWAY's 92.9 kBtu/ft² across 96,734 sq ft works out to about 9 billion Btu (2,634 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 202.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,705,014 kWh of electricity, 31,687 therms of natural gas and 783 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires ACHS Management : 5132 KINGS HIGHWAY to report its energy use?

ACHS Management : 5132 KINGS HIGHWAY 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:21971100:2024). 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.