1 Vernon Avenue

How does 1 Vernon Avenue compare with other senior living community buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 296 senior living community buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 1 Vernon Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 83 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 69% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 95.7 kBtu/ft² is about 15% below the average of 112.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 28% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 54,151 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2005, 31 years later than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has 1 Vernon Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 1 Vernon Avenue, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 98 in 2023 to 83 in 2024 (-15 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 98. Site EUI moved from 91.9 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 95.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 4% increase. Reported emissions went from 309 tCO₂e to 329 tCO₂e over the same span (up 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 83 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 83 means the building performs better than about 83% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 83 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. 1 Vernon Avenue's 95.7 kBtu/ft² across 54,151 sq ft works out to about 5.2 billion Btu (1,519 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 128.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 255,822 kWh of electricity and 43,083 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 1 Vernon Avenue to report its energy use?

1 Vernon Avenue 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:34145973:2024). 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.