Il Centro - 8711 18th Avenue

How does Il Centro - 8711 18th Avenue compare with other other - recreation buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 264 other - recreation buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 63.6 kBtu/ft² is about 62% below the average of 166.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 64% below the group average of 13.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 49,899 sq ft, it is about 81% above the average floor area of 27,514 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2018, 71 years later than the group's average year built (1947). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 other - recreation buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 51 and a site EUI of 134.0 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 63.6 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. Il Centro - 8711 18th Avenue's 63.6 kBtu/ft² across 49,899 sq ft works out to about 3.2 billion Btu (930 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 137.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 593,774 kWh of electricity and 666 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Il Centro - 8711 18th Avenue to report its energy use?

Il Centro - 8711 18th 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:19430091:2022). 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.