Manhattan Motorcars - 262 11 Avenue

How does Manhattan Motorcars - 262 11 Avenue compare with other vehicle dealership buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 36 vehicle dealership buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Manhattan Motorcars - 262 11 Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 97 compares with an average of 63 across the 28 that report a score; it scores higher than 71% of them and lower than 25%. Its site EUI of 38.5 kBtu/ft² is about 37% below the average of 61.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 5.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 93,583 sq ft, it is about 47% above the average floor area of 63,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1915, 53 years earlier than the group's average year built (1968). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 318 vehicle dealership buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 57 and a site EUI of 62.8 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 97 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 97 means the building performs better than about 97% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 97 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. Manhattan Motorcars - 262 11 Avenue's 38.5 kBtu/ft² across 93,583 sq ft works out to about 3.6 billion Btu (1,056 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 64.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 383,623 kWh of electricity and 22,903 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Manhattan Motorcars - 262 11 Avenue to report its energy use?

Manhattan Motorcars - 262 11 Avenue 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:48280294:2024). 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.