Operative Cakes

How does Operative Cakes 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. Operative Cakes's ENERGY STAR score of 11 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 10% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 102.1 kBtu/ft² is about 160% above the average of 39.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 10.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 239% above the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 56,000 sq ft, it is about 33% below the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1973, 20 years later 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.

How has Operative Cakes's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Operative Cakes, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 45 in 2022 to 11 in 2023 (-34 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 45. Site EUI moved from 60.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 102.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 68% increase. Reported emissions went from 277 tCO₂e to 591 tCO₂e over the same span (up 113%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 11 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 11 means the building performs better than about 11% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 11 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 64 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. Operative Cakes's 102.1 kBtu/ft² across 56,000 sq ft works out to about 5.7 billion Btu (1,676 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 257.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,412,991 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Operative Cakes to report its energy use?

Operative Cakes 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:6224375:2023). 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.