Forest Ave Plaza 113430

How does Forest Ave Plaza 113430 compare with other retail store buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 525 retail store buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Forest Ave Plaza 113430's ENERGY STAR score of 12 compares with an average of 62 across the 270 that report a score; it scores higher than 10% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 107.0 kBtu/ft² is about 43% above the average of 75.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 15% above the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 46,063 sq ft, it is about 43% below the average floor area of 81,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1971, 9 years later than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 12 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 12 means the building performs better than about 12% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 12 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 63 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. Forest Ave Plaza 113430's 107.0 kBtu/ft² across 46,063 sq ft works out to about 4.9 billion Btu (1,444 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 215.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 798,288 kWh of electricity and 399 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Forest Ave Plaza 113430 to report its energy use?

Forest Ave Plaza 113430 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:6272320:2022). 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.