Christopher Tao:131-10 AVERY AVENUE

How does Christopher Tao:131-10 AVERY AVENUE 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. Christopher Tao:131-10 AVERY AVENUE's ENERGY STAR score of 52 compares with an average of 52 across the 201 that report a score; it scores higher than 48% of them and lower than 52%. Its site EUI of 29.4 kBtu/ft² is about 35% below the average of 45.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 34% below the group average of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,194 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 105,336 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2021, 58 years later 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 52 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 52 means the building performs better than about 52% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 52 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 23 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. Christopher Tao:131-10 AVERY AVENUE's 29.4 kBtu/ft² across 51,194 sq ft works out to about 1.5 billion Btu (441 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 51.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 178,075 kWh of electricity and 8,990 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Christopher Tao:131-10 AVERY AVENUE to report its energy use?

Christopher Tao:131-10 AVERY AVENUE 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:59481293:2024). 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.