Steel Equities - 5870 54 Street

How does Steel Equities - 5870 54 Street 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. Steel Equities - 5870 54 Street's ENERGY STAR score of 18 compares with an average of 57 across the 455 that report a score; it scores higher than 13% of them and lower than 85%. Its site EUI of 45.2 kBtu/ft² is about 15% above the average of 39.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 40,000 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 83,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1949, 4 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 Steel Equities - 5870 54 Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Steel Equities - 5870 54 Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 13 in 2022 to 18 in 2024 (+5 points). Site EUI moved from 52.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 45.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 123 tCO₂e to 121 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 18 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 18 means the building performs better than about 18% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 18 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 57 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. Steel Equities - 5870 54 Street's 45.2 kBtu/ft² across 40,000 sq ft works out to about 1.8 billion Btu (530 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 65.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 118,763 kWh of electricity, 14,015 therms of natural gas and 279 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Steel Equities - 5870 54 Street to report its energy use?

Steel Equities - 5870 54 Street 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:6300096:2024). 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.