Wallack - 2593 West 13th Street

How does Wallack - 2593 West 13th Street 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. Wallack - 2593 West 13th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 16 compares with an average of 52 across the 201 that report a score; it scores higher than 17% of them and lower than 83%. Its site EUI of 62.9 kBtu/ft² is about 39% above the average of 45.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% above the group average of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 32,500 sq ft, it is about 69% below the average floor area of 105,336 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1987, 24 years later 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 16 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 16 means the building performs better than about 16% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 16 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 59 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. Wallack - 2593 West 13th Street's 62.9 kBtu/ft² across 32,500 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (599 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 106.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 218,088 kWh of electricity and 206 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Wallack - 2593 West 13th Street to report its energy use?

Wallack - 2593 West 13th 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:6823378:2022). 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.