CANARSIE

How does CANARSIE compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 31 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. CANARSIE's ENERGY STAR score of 79 compares with an average of 63 across the 16 that report a score; it scores higher than 44% of them and lower than 50%. Its site EUI of 40.2 kBtu/ft² is about 44% below the average of 71.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 40% below the group average of 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 348,000 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 162,421 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 40 years earlier than the group's average year built (1990). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

How has CANARSIE's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for CANARSIE, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 87 in 2022 to 79 in 2023 (-8 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 87. Site EUI moved from 36.0 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 40.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 12% increase. Reported emissions went from 928 tCO₂e to 1,281 tCO₂e over the same span (up 38%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 79 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 79 means the building performs better than about 79% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 79 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. CANARSIE's 40.2 kBtu/ft² across 348,000 sq ft works out to about 14 billion Btu (4,100 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 90.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,836,043 kWh of electricity, 43,136 therms of natural gas and 0 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires CANARSIE to report its energy use?

CANARSIE 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:4114153:2023). 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.