Parkchester Retail Plaza - 2241 Westchester Ave

How does Parkchester Retail Plaza - 2241 Westchester Ave compare with other restaurant buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 35 restaurant buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 188.9 kBtu/ft² is about 15% above the average of 163.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 15.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 38% above the group average of 11.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 25,920 sq ft, it is about 16% above the average floor area of 22,315 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1990, 40 years later than the group's average year built (1950).

What does a site EUI of 188.9 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. Parkchester Retail Plaza - 2241 Westchester Ave's 188.9 kBtu/ft² across 25,920 sq ft works out to about 4.9 billion Btu (1,435 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 362.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 712,638 kWh of electricity and 24,660 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Parkchester Retail Plaza - 2241 Westchester Ave to report its energy use?

Parkchester Retail Plaza - 2241 Westchester Ave 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:56019500:2024). 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.