John Lee

How does John Lee compare with other supermarket/grocery store buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 166 supermarket/grocery store buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. John Lee's ENERGY STAR score of 95 compares with an average of 61 across the 114 that report a score; it scores higher than 88% of them and lower than 11%. Its site EUI of 87.1 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 184.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 56% below the group average of 17.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 19,948 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 51,810 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 29 years later than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,646 supermarket/grocery store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 176.1 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 95 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 95 means the building performs better than about 95% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 95 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. John Lee's 87.1 kBtu/ft² across 19,948 sq ft works out to about 1.7 billion Btu (509 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 244.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 509,378 kWh of electricity and 262 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires John Lee to report its energy use?

John Lee 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:6311966:2022). 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.