DSNY_ 6083_Leachate Plant Building 1

How does DSNY_ 6083_Leachate Plant Building 1 compare with other other - utility buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 13 other - utility buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 33.6 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 74.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 40% below the group average of 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 180,000 sq ft, it is about 754% above the average floor area of 21,068 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1997, 61 years later than the group's average year built (1937). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 61 other - utility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 1 and a site EUI of 99.4 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 33.6 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. DSNY_ 6083_Leachate Plant Building 1's 33.6 kBtu/ft² across 180,000 sq ft works out to about 6 billion Btu (1,772 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 79.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,339,438 kWh of electricity, 14,691 therms of natural gas and 1,264 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires DSNY_ 6083_Leachate Plant Building 1 to report its energy use?

DSNY_ 6083_Leachate Plant Building 1 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:58937592:2024). 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.