BWH Group LLC : 3025 AVENUE U

How does BWH Group LLC : 3025 AVENUE U compare with other pre-school/daycare buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 185 pre-school/daycare buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 34.8 kBtu/ft² is about 36% below the average of 54.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 16% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 20,000 sq ft, it is about 27% below the average floor area of 27,378 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2021, 55 years later than the group's average year built (1966). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 229 pre-school/daycare buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 74 and a site EUI of 55.4 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 34.8 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. BWH Group LLC : 3025 AVENUE U's 34.8 kBtu/ft² across 20,000 sq ft works out to about 0.7 billion Btu (204 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 97.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 204,204 kWh of electricity and 418 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires BWH Group LLC : 3025 AVENUE U to report its energy use?

BWH Group LLC : 3025 AVENUE U 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:65525492:2024). 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.