CIG > WHC_14302_Weeksville Heritage Center

How does CIG > WHC_14302_Weeksville Heritage Center compare with other community center and social meeting hall buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 81 community center and social meeting hall buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 40.5 kBtu/ft² is about 56% below the average of 92.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 42% below the group average of 8.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 22,901 sq ft, it is about 42% below the average floor area of 39,212 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2012, 73 years later than the group's average year built (1939).

What does a site EUI of 40.5 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. CIG > WHC_14302_Weeksville Heritage Center's 40.5 kBtu/ft² across 22,901 sq ft works out to about 0.9 billion Btu (272 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 113.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 271,914 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires CIG > WHC_14302_Weeksville Heritage Center to report its energy use?

CIG > WHC_14302_Weeksville Heritage Center 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:21355719:2024). 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.