Local Law NYC:572 RICHMOND TERRACE

How does Local Law NYC:572 RICHMOND TERRACE 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. Local Law NYC:572 RICHMOND TERRACE's ENERGY STAR score of 62 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 51% of them and lower than 47%. Its site EUI of 31.3 kBtu/ft² is about 20% below 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 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 35% below the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 36,835 sq ft, it is about 56% below the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1928, 25 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 62 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 62 means the building performs better than about 62% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 62 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 13 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. Local Law NYC:572 RICHMOND TERRACE's 31.3 kBtu/ft² across 36,835 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (338 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 43.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 62,663 kWh of electricity, 9,394 therms of natural gas and 33 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Local Law NYC:572 RICHMOND TERRACE to report its energy use?

Local Law NYC:572 RICHMOND TERRACE 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:51536192:2024). 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.