KDS: 130-30 31st Ave

How does KDS: 130-30 31st Ave 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. KDS: 130-30 31st Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 36 compares with an average of 43 across the 224 that report a score; it scores higher than 43% of them and lower than 55%. Its site EUI of 40.5 kBtu/ft² is about 35% below the average of 62.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% below the group average of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 141,697 sq ft, it is about 216% above the average floor area of 44,868 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1973, 36 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.

How has KDS: 130-30 31st Ave's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for KDS: 130-30 31st Ave, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 21 in 2022 to 36 in 2024 (+15 points). Site EUI moved from 63.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 40.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 36% decrease. Reported emissions went from 629 tCO₂e to 571 tCO₂e over the same span (down 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 36 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 36 means the building performs better than about 36% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 36 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 39 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. KDS: 130-30 31st Ave's 40.5 kBtu/ft² across 141,697 sq ft works out to about 5.7 billion Btu (1,682 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 95.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,258,241 kWh of electricity, 14,407 therms of natural gas and 1,316 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires KDS: 130-30 31st Ave to report its energy use?

KDS: 130-30 31st 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:6097774:2024). 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.