New York State Government Building Energy Intensity Baseline from 2010

Executive Order 88 established a mandate for a 20% reduction in energy consumption for state-owned buildings by 2020. This dataset provides a baseline of Source Energy Use Intensity for government buildings larger than 20,000 square feet, collected by the Build Smart NY program. It covers the state fiscal year beginning in 2010.

Use Cases

• Benchmark building energy performance by comparing Source EUI across different Agency Names.
• Analyze the relationship between Gross Floor Area and Source kBtu to identify efficiency outliers.
• Track energy use trends over time using the Year column for longitudinal analysis.
• Assess regional energy consumption patterns by aggregating data by ZIP Code.

Strengths

• Data collection mandated by executive order for all state buildings over 20,000 sq ft.
• Includes key performance metrics like Source EUI and Source kBtu for energy analysis.

Limitations

• Dataset size, row count, and completeness of records are unknown.
• Data is temporally stale, with a last update in 2019 and a baseline year of 2010/2011.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov, likely the New York State government via the Build Smart NY program.

Collection Method

Site utility data collected for qualifying buildings and converted to Source Energy Use Intensity.

Time Range

Baseline year of State Fiscal Year 2010/2011.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-12-30; update frequency unknown.

Geography

New York State, USA.