10314 Riverdale

How does 10314 Riverdale 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. 10314 Riverdale's ENERGY STAR score of 79 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 66% of them and lower than 34%. Its site EUI of 41.9 kBtu/ft² is about 63% 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 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 138,072 sq ft, it is about 27% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 25 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 10314 Riverdale's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 10314 Riverdale, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 20 in 2022 to 79 in 2024 (+59 points). Site EUI moved from 122.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 41.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 66% decrease. Reported emissions went from 938 tCO₂e to 609 tCO₂e over the same span (down 35%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 79 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 79 means the building performs better than about 79% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 79 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. 10314 Riverdale's 41.9 kBtu/ft² across 138,072 sq ft works out to about 5.8 billion Btu (1,695 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 105.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,425,527 kWh of electricity, 9,255 therms of natural gas and 3,156 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 10314 Riverdale to report its energy use?

10314 Riverdale 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:3891630:2024). 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.