Morton Williams

How does Morton Williams compare with other supermarket/grocery store buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 166 supermarket/grocery store buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Morton Williams's ENERGY STAR score of 53 compares with an average of 61 across the 114 that report a score; it scores higher than 36% of them and lower than 61%. Its site EUI of 227.7 kBtu/ft² is about 23% above the average of 184.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 24.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 41% above the group average of 17.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 29,006 sq ft, it is about 44% below the average floor area of 51,810 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1961, 13 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,646 supermarket/grocery store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 176.1 kBtu/ft².

How has Morton Williams's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Morton Williams, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 50 in 2022 to 53 in 2024 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 257.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 227.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 12% decrease. Reported emissions went from 564 tCO₂e to 696 tCO₂e over the same span (up 23%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 53 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 53 means the building performs better than about 53% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 53 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 22 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. Morton Williams's 227.7 kBtu/ft² across 29,006 sq ft works out to about 6.6 billion Btu (1,936 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 575.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,633,410 kWh of electricity, 10,301 therms of natural gas and 2,560 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Morton Williams to report its energy use?

Morton Williams 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:2826120:2024). 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.