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DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules

Prison/Incarceration in New York City, NY · Rikers Island · 11370

At a glance

DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules is a 30,000-square-foot prison/incarceration building in New York City, New York, built in 1993. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 353.0 kBtu/ft² and 1,219 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2024
Site EUI
353.0
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
1,219
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
40.6
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
30,000
sq ft
Year built
1993
vintage
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Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI353.0 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI988.4 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions1,219 tCO₂e
GHG intensity40.6 kgCO₂e/ft²
Electricity3,103,664 kWh
Gross floor area30,000 sq ft
Source recordnyc:21354334:2024

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2024latest—353.0 kBtu/ft²1,219 tCO₂e
2023—560.2 kBtu/ft²1,827 tCO₂e
2022—659.9 kBtu/ft²1,674 tCO₂e

Compliance context

Local Law 84 (LL84)

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.

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Ownership

No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.

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Location

Address
Rikers Island
State
New York
ZIP
11370
Coordinates
40.79058, -73.88189

Within ~1 km

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How does DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules compare with other prison/incarceration buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 56 prison/incarceration buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 353.0 kBtu/ft² is about 298% above the average of 88.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 40.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 389% above the group average of 8.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 30,000 sq ft, it is about 87% below the average floor area of 229,659 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1993, 16 years later than the group's average year built (1978).

How has DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 659.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 353.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 47% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,674 tCO₂e to 1,219 tCO₂e over the same span (down 27%).

What does a site EUI of 353.0 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. DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules's 353.0 kBtu/ft² across 30,000 sq ft works out to about 10.6 billion Btu (3,104 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 988.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,103,664 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules to report its energy use?

DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules 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:21354334:2024). 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules's energy grade?

DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 353.0 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules use?

Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 353.0 kBtu/ft² (988.4 kBtu/ft² source) across 30,000 sq ft, including 3,103,664 kWh of electricity.

What are DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules's carbon emissions?

DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules reported 1,219 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (40.6 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.

Where is DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules?

DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules is in New York City, New York 11370. Its coordinates are 40.79058, -73.88189 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.

How big is DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules and when was it built?

DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules has 30,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1993 as its year built. It is classed as prison/incarceration.

Is DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules covered by Local Law 84 (LL84)?

Yes — it appears in the 2024 Energy and Water Data Disclosure disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under Local Law 84 (LL84).

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About this data

Source: Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84 (LL84)), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: BuildingCensus, “DOC_1153_Rikers Island West Facility: 200 Bed Modules, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/doc-1153-rikers-island-west-facility-200-bed-modules-97df4755 (data as of October 2, 2026).