Jenel Management - 946 Kings Highway

How does Jenel Management - 946 Kings Highway compare with other office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 3,384 office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Jenel Management - 946 Kings Highway's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 72 across the 2,519 that report a score; it scores higher than 25% of them and lower than 74%. Its site EUI of 72.3 kBtu/ft² is about 12% above the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 14% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 37,400 sq ft, it is about 82% below the average floor area of 205,440 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 10 years later than the group's average year built (1940). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has Jenel Management - 946 Kings Highway's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Jenel Management - 946 Kings Highway, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 31 in 2022 to 61 in 2024 (+30 points). Site EUI moved from 114.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 72.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 37% decrease. Reported emissions went from 302 tCO₂e to 246 tCO₂e over the same span (down 18%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 61 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 61 means the building performs better than about 61% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 61 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 14 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. Jenel Management - 946 Kings Highway's 72.3 kBtu/ft² across 37,400 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (792 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 153.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 485,718 kWh of electricity, 10,474 therms of natural gas and 70 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Jenel Management - 946 Kings Highway to report its energy use?

Jenel Management - 946 Kings Highway 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:6595194:2024). 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.