Roger Lewis: 270 Randolph St

How does Roger Lewis: 270 Randolph St compare with other non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 639 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Roger Lewis: 270 Randolph St's ENERGY STAR score of 90 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 82% of them and lower than 16%. Its site EUI of 10.4 kBtu/ft² is about 74% below the average of 39.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 73% below the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 39,590 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1930, 23 years earlier than the group's average year built (1953). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,723 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 66 and a site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Roger Lewis: 270 Randolph St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Roger Lewis: 270 Randolph St, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 79 in 2022 to 90 in 2024 (+11 points). Site EUI moved from 14.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 10.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 27% decrease. Reported emissions went from 41 tCO₂e to 33 tCO₂e over the same span (down 19%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 90 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 90 means the building performs better than about 90% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 90 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. Roger Lewis: 270 Randolph St's 10.4 kBtu/ft² across 39,590 sq ft works out to about 0.4 billion Btu (121 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 19.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 53,605 kWh of electricity and 2,300 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Roger Lewis: 270 Randolph St to report its energy use?

Roger Lewis: 270 Randolph St 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:16754549:2024). 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.