Plaza Co-op City LLC

How does Plaza Co-op City LLC compare with other retail store buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 525 retail store buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Plaza Co-op City LLC's ENERGY STAR score of 5 compares with an average of 62 across the 270 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 93%. Its site EUI of 138.0 kBtu/ft² is about 84% above the average of 75.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 80% above the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 139,954 sq ft, it is about 72% above the average floor area of 81,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1998, 36 years later than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Plaza Co-op City LLC's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Plaza Co-op City LLC, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 6 in 2022 to 5 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 7. Site EUI moved from 141.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 138.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,343 tCO₂e to 1,636 tCO₂e over the same span (up 22%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 5 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 5 means the building performs better than about 5% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 5 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 70 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. Plaza Co-op City LLC's 138.0 kBtu/ft² across 139,954 sq ft works out to about 19.3 billion Btu (5,660 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 267.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,884,915 kWh of electricity, 94,638 therms of natural gas and 6,765 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Plaza Co-op City LLC to report its energy use?

Plaza Co-op City LLC 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:6375808:2024). 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.