Blumenfeld Development:545 EAST 116 STREET

How does Blumenfeld Development:545 EAST 116 STREET compare with other parking buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 301 parking buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 25.3 kBtu/ft² is about 36% below the average of 39.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 617,062 sq ft, it is about 558% above the average floor area of 93,719 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 50 years later than the group's average year built (1957). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,071 parking buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 67 and a site EUI of 40.3 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 25.3 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. Blumenfeld Development:545 EAST 116 STREET's 25.3 kBtu/ft² across 617,062 sq ft works out to about 15.6 billion Btu (4,575 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 41.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,501,800 kWh of electricity, 104,750 therms of natural gas and 21,422 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Blumenfeld Development:545 EAST 116 STREET to report its energy use?

Blumenfeld Development:545 EAST 116 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:59167093:2024). 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.