David Chow - 103 Mott st

How does David Chow - 103 Mott st compare with other office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 3,384 office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. David Chow - 103 Mott st's ENERGY STAR score of 2 compares with an average of 72 across the 2,519 that report a score; it scores higher than 1% of them and lower than 99%. Its site EUI of 241.6 kBtu/ft² is about 275% above the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 17.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 195% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 37,749 sq ft, it is about 82% below the average floor area of 205,440 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1920, 20 years earlier than the group's average year built (1940). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has David Chow - 103 Mott st's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for David Chow - 103 Mott st, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 2 in both 2022 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 250.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 241.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 579 tCO₂e to 645 tCO₂e over the same span (up 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 2 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 2 means the building performs better than about 2% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 2 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 73 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. David Chow - 103 Mott st's 241.6 kBtu/ft² across 37,749 sq ft works out to about 9.1 billion Btu (2,673 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 374.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 760,535 kWh of electricity, 65,260 therms of natural gas and 9,961 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires David Chow - 103 Mott st to report its energy use?

David Chow - 103 Mott st 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:6696276:2024). 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.