United American Land (UAL) - 122-124 Duane St

How does United American Land (UAL) - 122-124 Duane 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. Its site EUI of 113.4 kBtu/ft² is about 51% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 8.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 71% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 29,165 sq ft, it is about 71% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1920, 32 years earlier 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.

What does a site EUI of 113.4 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. United American Land (UAL) - 122-124 Duane St's 113.4 kBtu/ft² across 29,165 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (969 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 200.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 395,126 kWh of electricity and 19,597 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires United American Land (UAL) - 122-124 Duane St to report its energy use?

United American Land (UAL) - 122-124 Duane 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:52936292:2024). 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.