The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center Manhattan

How does The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center Manhattan compare with other distribution center buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 234 distribution center buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center Manhattan's ENERGY STAR score of 42 compares with an average of 52 across the 201 that report a score; it scores higher than 37% of them and lower than 62%. Its site EUI of 48.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 45.1 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 46,245 sq ft, it is about 56% below the average floor area of 105,336 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1910, 53 years earlier than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,082 distribution center buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 24.2 kBtu/ft².

How has The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center Manhattan's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center Manhattan, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 39 in 2022 to 42 in 2023 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 54.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 48.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 11% decrease. Reported emissions went from 160 tCO₂e to 160 tCO₂e over the same span (down 0%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 42 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 42 means the building performs better than about 42% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 42 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 33 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. The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center Manhattan's 48.5 kBtu/ft² across 46,245 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (657 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 78.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 215,145 kWh of electricity, 15,095 therms of natural gas and 150 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center Manhattan to report its energy use?

The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center Manhattan 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:6687452:2023). 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.