Irving Oak - 49 Wyckoff ave

How does Irving Oak - 49 Wyckoff ave compare with other distribution center buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 234 distribution center buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Irving Oak - 49 Wyckoff ave's ENERGY STAR score of 26 compares with an average of 52 across the 201 that report a score; it scores higher than 24% of them and lower than 75%. Its site EUI of 40.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 45.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% below the group average of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 38,770 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 105,336 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1931, 32 years earlier than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,082 distribution center buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 24.2 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 26 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 26 means the building performs better than about 26% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 26 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 49 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. Irving Oak - 49 Wyckoff ave's 40.9 kBtu/ft² across 38,770 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (465 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 84.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 268,511 kWh of electricity and 186 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Irving Oak - 49 Wyckoff ave to report its energy use?

Irving Oak - 49 Wyckoff ave 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:6825496:2022). 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.