Janes United Methodist Church

How does Janes United Methodist Church compare with other worship facility buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 370 worship facility buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Janes United Methodist Church's ENERGY STAR score of 10 compares with an average of 43 across the 224 that report a score; it scores higher than 18% of them and lower than 79%. Its site EUI of 111.7 kBtu/ft² is about 78% above the average of 62.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 35% above the group average of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 25,167 sq ft, it is about 44% below the average floor area of 44,868 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1990, 53 years later than the group's average year built (1937). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,035 worship facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 50 and a site EUI of 47.8 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 10 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 10 means the building performs better than about 10% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 10 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 65 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. Janes United Methodist Church's 111.7 kBtu/ft² across 25,167 sq ft works out to about 2.8 billion Btu (824 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 129.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 38,323 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Janes United Methodist Church to report its energy use?

Janes United Methodist Church 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:6821523:2022). 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.