STO622 IKEA Queens

How does STO622 IKEA Queens compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 31 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. STO622 IKEA Queens's ENERGY STAR score of 93 compares with an average of 63 across the 16 that report a score; it scores higher than 69% of them and lower than 25%. Its site EUI of 33.0 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 71.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 112,368 sq ft, it is about 31% below the average floor area of 162,421 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 10 years later than the group's average year built (1990). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 93 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 93 means the building performs better than about 93% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 93 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. STO622 IKEA Queens's 33.0 kBtu/ft² across 112,368 sq ft works out to about 3.7 billion Btu (1,087 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 92.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,087,819 kWh of electricity and 669 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires STO622 IKEA Queens to report its energy use?

STO622 IKEA Queens 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:26698596:2022). 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.