JLL / PP Tango NY 5 - 145-45 156th Street

How does JLL / PP Tango NY 5 - 145-45 156th Street compare with other non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 639 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. JLL / PP Tango NY 5 - 145-45 156th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 31 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 23% of them and lower than 75%. Its site EUI of 39.1 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 39.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 35,751 sq ft, it is about 57% below the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1981, 28 years later than the group's average year built (1953). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,723 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 66 and a site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft².

How has JLL / PP Tango NY 5 - 145-45 156th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for JLL / PP Tango NY 5 - 145-45 156th Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 38 in 2022 to 31 in 2024 (-7 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 38. Site EUI moved from 50.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 39.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 22% decrease. Reported emissions went from 119 tCO₂e to 115 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 31 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 31 means the building performs better than about 31% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 31 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 44 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. JLL / PP Tango NY 5 - 145-45 156th Street's 39.1 kBtu/ft² across 35,751 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (410 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 73.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 193,188 kWh of electricity, 7,382 therms of natural gas and 109 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires JLL / PP Tango NY 5 - 145-45 156th Street to report its energy use?

JLL / PP Tango NY 5 - 145-45 156th Street 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:15547734:2024). 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.