Feil - 30-20 Thomson Avenue

How does Feil - 30-20 Thomson Avenue 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. Feil - 30-20 Thomson Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 50 compares with an average of 72 across the 2,519 that report a score; it scores higher than 16% of them and lower than 83%. Its site EUI of 56.2 kBtu/ft² is about 13% below the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 503,650 sq ft, it is about 145% above 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 Feil - 30-20 Thomson Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Feil - 30-20 Thomson Avenue, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 59.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 56.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 2,318 tCO₂e to 2,736 tCO₂e over the same span (up 18%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 50 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 50 means the building performs better than about 50% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 50 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 25 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. Feil - 30-20 Thomson Avenue's 56.2 kBtu/ft² across 503,650 sq ft works out to about 28.3 billion Btu (8,295 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 128.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 5,829,325 kWh of electricity, 84,191 therms of natural gas and 4,630 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Feil - 30-20 Thomson Avenue to report its energy use?

Feil - 30-20 Thomson Avenue 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:4410006:2024). 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.