Lewis Realty Corp: 1819 Flushing Ave

How does Lewis Realty Corp: 1819 Flushing Ave 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. Lewis Realty Corp: 1819 Flushing Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 63 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 53% of them and lower than 47%. Its site EUI of 21.6 kBtu/ft² is about half of 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 1.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 41% below the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 53,500 sq ft, it is about 36% below the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1926, 27 years earlier 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 63 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 63 means the building performs better than about 63% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 63 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 12 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. Lewis Realty Corp: 1819 Flushing Ave's 21.6 kBtu/ft² across 53,500 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (339 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 42.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 175,789 kWh of electricity, 5,573 therms of natural gas and 9 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Lewis Realty Corp: 1819 Flushing Ave to report its energy use?

Lewis Realty Corp: 1819 Flushing 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:13080676:2024). 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.