DSNY_5372_Brooklyn Lot Cleaning and Salt Shed

How does DSNY_5372_Brooklyn Lot Cleaning and Salt Shed compare with other non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 639 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. DSNY_5372_Brooklyn Lot Cleaning and Salt Shed's ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 76% of them and lower than 22%. Its site EUI of 14.0 kBtu/ft² is about 64% below the average of 39.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 56% below the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 421,455 sq ft, it is about 406% above the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1964, 11 years later than the group's average year built (1953). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,723 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 66 and a site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft².

How has DSNY_5372_Brooklyn Lot Cleaning and Salt Shed's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for DSNY_5372_Brooklyn Lot Cleaning and Salt Shed, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 91 in 2022 to 86 in 2024 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 91. Site EUI moved from 12.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 14.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 417 tCO₂e to 576 tCO₂e over the same span (up 38%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. DSNY_5372_Brooklyn Lot Cleaning and Salt Shed's 14.0 kBtu/ft² across 421,455 sq ft works out to about 5.9 billion Btu (1,729 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 28.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 989,887 kWh of electricity and 604 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires DSNY_5372_Brooklyn Lot Cleaning and Salt Shed to report its energy use?

DSNY_5372_Brooklyn Lot Cleaning and Salt Shed 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:21355639:2024). 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.