Gateway Center - BJs Campus

How does Gateway Center - BJs Campus compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 31 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 123.8 kBtu/ft² is about 73% above the average of 71.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 45% above the group average of 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 128,995 sq ft, it is about 21% below the average floor area of 162,421 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 11 years later than the group's average year built (1990). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 123.8 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. Gateway Center - BJs Campus's 123.8 kBtu/ft² across 128,995 sq ft works out to about 16 billion Btu (4,680 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 241.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,426,024 kWh of electricity and 49,302 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Gateway Center - BJs Campus to report its energy use?

Gateway Center - BJs Campus 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:33301819:2023). 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.