Self Management - 43-18 Main st

How does Self Management - 43-18 Main st compare with other multifamily housing buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 33,022 multifamily housing buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Self Management - 43-18 Main st's ENERGY STAR score of 56 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 37% of them and lower than 62%. Its site EUI of 68.6 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 77,943 sq ft, it is about 23% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 49 years later than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Self Management - 43-18 Main st's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Self Management - 43-18 Main st, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 38 in 2022 to 56 in 2024 (+18 points). Site EUI moved from 82.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 68.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 17% decrease. Reported emissions went from 405 tCO₂e to 395 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 56 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 56 means the building performs better than about 56% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 56 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 19 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. Self Management - 43-18 Main st's 68.6 kBtu/ft² across 77,943 sq ft works out to about 5.3 billion Btu (1,567 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 112.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 526,325 kWh of electricity, 35,477 therms of natural gas and 3,948 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Self Management - 43-18 Main st to report its energy use?

Self Management - 43-18 Main 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:6600332:2024). 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.