Welner Associates:89-48 129 STREET

How does Welner Associates:89-48 129 STREET compare with other manufacturing/industrial plant buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 592 manufacturing/industrial plant buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 40.9 kBtu/ft² is about 60% below the average of 102.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 61% below the group average of 7.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 27,000 sq ft, it is about 69% below the average floor area of 87,732 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1950 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1949). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,372 manufacturing/industrial plant buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 67 and a site EUI of 126.3 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 40.9 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. Welner Associates:89-48 129 STREET's 40.9 kBtu/ft² across 27,000 sq ft works out to about 1.1 billion Btu (324 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 66.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 108,144 kWh of electricity, 7,350 therms of natural gas and 409 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Welner Associates:89-48 129 STREET to report its energy use?

Welner Associates:89-48 129 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:53516892:2024). 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.