ATA Housing Corp--- Supermarket (2220 Atlantic)

How does ATA Housing Corp--- Supermarket (2220 Atlantic) 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. ATA Housing Corp--- Supermarket (2220 Atlantic)'s ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 61 across the 114 that report a score; it scores higher than 94% of them. Its site EUI of 24.5 kBtu/ft² is about 87% 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 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 92% below the group average of 17.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 20,865 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 51,810 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1968, 6 years earlier 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 ATA Housing Corp--- Supermarket (2220 Atlantic)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for ATA Housing Corp--- Supermarket (2220 Atlantic), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 100 in both 2022 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 47.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 24.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 48% decrease. Reported emissions went from 34 tCO₂e to 27 tCO₂e over the same span (down 20%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 100 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: 100 is the top of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 100 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. ATA Housing Corp--- Supermarket (2220 Atlantic)'s 24.5 kBtu/ft² across 20,865 sq ft works out to about 0.5 billion Btu (150 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 25.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 5,117 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires ATA Housing Corp--- Supermarket (2220 Atlantic) to report its energy use?

ATA Housing Corp--- Supermarket (2220 Atlantic) 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:3501465:2024). 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.