Brooklyn Stages - 37-30 - 37-50 57 St

How does Brooklyn Stages - 37-30 - 37-50 57 St compare with other distribution center buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 234 distribution center buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Brooklyn Stages - 37-30 - 37-50 57 St's ENERGY STAR score of 36 compares with an average of 52 across the 201 that report a score; it scores higher than 31% of them and lower than 69%. Its site EUI of 89.8 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 45.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 60% above the group average of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 46,956 sq ft, it is about 55% below the average floor area of 105,336 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1931, 32 years earlier than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,082 distribution center buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 24.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Brooklyn Stages - 37-30 - 37-50 57 St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Brooklyn Stages - 37-30 - 37-50 57 St, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 27 in 2023 to 36 in 2024 (+9 points). Site EUI moved from 67.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 89.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 32% increase. Reported emissions went from 181 tCO₂e to 263 tCO₂e over the same span (up 45%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 36 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 36 means the building performs better than about 36% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 36 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 39 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. Brooklyn Stages - 37-30 - 37-50 57 St's 89.8 kBtu/ft² across 46,956 sq ft works out to about 4.2 billion Btu (1,236 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 117.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 183,683 kWh of electricity and 35,899 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Brooklyn Stages - 37-30 - 37-50 57 St to report its energy use?

Brooklyn Stages - 37-30 - 37-50 57 St 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:6311274:2024). 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.