CubeSmart (NYC) - 6621

How does CubeSmart (NYC) - 6621 compare with other self-storage facility buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 481 self-storage facility buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. CubeSmart (NYC) - 6621's ENERGY STAR score of 60 compares with an average of 75 across the 6 that report a score; it scores higher than 17% of them and lower than 67%. Its site EUI of 24.6 kBtu/ft² is about 16% above the average of 21.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% above the group average of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 82,953 sq ft, it is about 16% below the average floor area of 98,872 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1930, 53 years earlier than the group's average year built (1983). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,050 self-storage facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 75 and a site EUI of 9.4 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 60 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 60 means the building performs better than about 60% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 60 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 15 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. CubeSmart (NYC) - 6621's 24.6 kBtu/ft² across 82,953 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (598 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 44.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 262,397 kWh of electricity, 11,461 therms of natural gas and 44 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires CubeSmart (NYC) - 6621 to report its energy use?

CubeSmart (NYC) - 6621 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:6312965:2023). 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.