RED APPLE REAL ESTATE, INC. : 604 CASTLE HILL AVENUE

How does RED APPLE REAL ESTATE, INC. : 604 CASTLE HILL AVENUE 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. RED APPLE REAL ESTATE, INC. : 604 CASTLE HILL AVENUE's ENERGY STAR score of 2 compares with an average of 62 across the 270 that report a score; it scores higher than 3% of them and lower than 96%. Its site EUI of 162.1 kBtu/ft² is about twice 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 13.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 71,960 sq ft, it is about 12% below the average floor area of 81,524 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1960 construction date is close to 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 2 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 2 means the building performs better than about 2% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 2 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 73 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. RED APPLE REAL ESTATE, INC. : 604 CASTLE HILL AVENUE's 162.1 kBtu/ft² across 71,960 sq ft works out to about 11.7 billion Btu (3,419 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 307.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,657,065 kWh of electricity, 60,110 therms of natural gas and 3,863 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires RED APPLE REAL ESTATE, INC. : 604 CASTLE HILL AVENUE to report its energy use?

RED APPLE REAL ESTATE, INC. : 604 CASTLE HILL 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:30777893:2024). 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.