Rego Park

How does Rego Park compare with other office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 3,384 office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Rego Park's ENERGY STAR score of 83 compares with an average of 72 across the 2,519 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 39%. Its site EUI of 40.6 kBtu/ft² is about 37% below the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 19% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 326,026 sq ft, it is about 59% above the average floor area of 205,440 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1975, 35 years later than the group's average year built (1940). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has Rego Park's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Rego Park, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 78 in 2022 to 83 in 2024 (+5 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 89. Site EUI moved from 45.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 40.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 10% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,249 tCO₂e to 1,522 tCO₂e over the same span (up 22%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 83 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 83 means the building performs better than about 83% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 83 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Rego Park's 40.6 kBtu/ft² across 326,026 sq ft works out to about 13.2 billion Btu (3,879 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 113.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,876,483 kWh of electricity and 2,083 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Rego Park to report its energy use?

Rego Park 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:25191549:2024). 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.