Baldor (155 FCD)

How does Baldor (155 FCD) compare with other mixed use property buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 395 mixed use property buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Baldor (155 FCD)'s ENERGY STAR score of 3 compares with an average of 53 across the 35 that report a score; it scores higher than 3% of them and lower than 94%. Its site EUI of 187.1 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 92.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 18.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 139% above the group average of 7.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 326,154 sq ft, it is about 45% above the average floor area of 224,815 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1973, 16 years later than the group's average year built (1958). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,212 mixed use property buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 69 and a site EUI of 79.8 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 3 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 3 means the building performs better than about 3% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 3 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 72 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. Baldor (155 FCD)'s 187.1 kBtu/ft² across 326,154 sq ft works out to about 61 billion Btu (17,884 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 449.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 13,832,092 kWh of electricity and 138,293 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Baldor (155 FCD) to report its energy use?

Baldor (155 FCD) 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:25429321:2024). 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.