Raja Foods

How does Raja Foods compare with other refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 64 refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Raja Foods's ENERGY STAR score of 16 compares with an average of 50 across the 51 that report a score; it scores higher than 14% of them and lower than 82%. Its site EUI of 127.4 kBtu/ft² is about 82% above the average of 69.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 10.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 51% above the group average of 6.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 42,064 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 78,204 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1986, 23 years later than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 472 refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 52 and a site EUI of 76.3 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 16 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 16 means the building performs better than about 16% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 16 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 59 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. Raja Foods's 127.4 kBtu/ft² across 42,064 sq ft works out to about 5.4 billion Btu (1,571 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 228.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 667,595 kWh of electricity, 30,798 therms of natural gas and 209 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Raja Foods to report its energy use?

Raja Foods 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:58647592:2024). 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.