The Shops at Atlas Park (Campus)

How does The Shops at Atlas Park (Campus) compare with other enclosed mall buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 49 enclosed mall buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 70.6 kBtu/ft² is about 42% below the average of 120.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 38% below the group average of 10.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 1,056,508 sq ft, it is about 159% above the average floor area of 408,568 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2004, 13 years later than the group's average year built (1991).

What does a site EUI of 70.6 kBtu/ft² mean?

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 Shops at Atlas Park (Campus)'s 70.6 kBtu/ft² across 1,056,508 sq ft works out to about 74.6 billion Btu (21,860 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 158.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 14,854,365 kWh of electricity and 239,193 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires The Shops at Atlas Park (Campus) to report its energy use?

The Shops at Atlas Park (Campus) 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:50394093:2024). 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.