MASPETH

How does MASPETH compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 31 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. MASPETH's ENERGY STAR score of 3 compares with an average of 63 across the 16 that report a score; it scores higher than 0% of them and lower than 94%. Its site EUI of 112.6 kBtu/ft² is about 57% above the average of 71.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 81% above the group average of 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 1,057,373 sq ft, it is about 551% above the average floor area of 162,421 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 40 years earlier than the group's average year built (1990). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

How has MASPETH's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for MASPETH, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 4 in 2022 to 3 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 9. Site EUI moved from 109.8 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 112.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,127 tCO₂e to 1,301 tCO₂e over the same span (up 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 3 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 3 means the building performs better than about 3% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 3 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 72 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. MASPETH's 112.6 kBtu/ft² across 1,057,373 sq ft works out to about 119.1 billion Btu (34,893 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 266.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,868,971 kWh of electricity, 32,767 therms of natural gas and 6,474 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires MASPETH to report its energy use?

MASPETH 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:4114159:2024). 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.