Plaza Toyota - 2721 Nostrand Avenue

How does Plaza Toyota - 2721 Nostrand Avenue compare with other vehicle dealership buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 36 vehicle dealership buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Plaza Toyota - 2721 Nostrand Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 63 across the 28 that report a score; it scores higher than 75% of them and lower than 21%. Its site EUI of 42.9 kBtu/ft² is about 30% below the average of 61.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 43% below the group average of 5.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 40,633 sq ft, it is about 36% below the average floor area of 63,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1931, 37 years earlier than the group's average year built (1968). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 318 vehicle dealership buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 57 and a site EUI of 62.8 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 98 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 98 means the building performs better than about 98% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 98 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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 Toyota - 2721 Nostrand Avenue's 42.9 kBtu/ft² across 40,633 sq ft works out to about 1.7 billion Btu (511 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 65.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 141,600 kWh of electricity, 12,593 therms of natural gas and 144 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Plaza Toyota - 2721 Nostrand Avenue to report its energy use?

Plaza Toyota - 2721 Nostrand Avenue 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:50779296:2024). 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.