115-02 Ocean Promenade

How does 115-02 Ocean Promenade 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. 115-02 Ocean Promenade's ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 55% of them and lower than 45%. Its site EUI of 155.7 kBtu/ft² is about 39% above the average of 112.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 15% above the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 39,633 sq ft, it is about 64% below the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1922, 52 years earlier 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 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. 115-02 Ocean Promenade's 155.7 kBtu/ft² across 39,633 sq ft works out to about 6.2 billion Btu (1,809 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 205.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 280,400 kWh of electricity and 52,144 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 115-02 Ocean Promenade to report its energy use?

115-02 Ocean Promenade 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:56598894:2024). 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.