119-09 26th Avenue

How does 119-09 26th 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. 119-09 26th Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 78 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 65% of them and lower than 34%. Its site EUI of 69.4 kBtu/ft² is about 38% 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 7.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 14% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 88,667 sq ft, it is about 18% below the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1968, 6 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.

How has 119-09 26th Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 119-09 26th Avenue, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 79.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 69.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 12% decrease. Reported emissions went from 479 tCO₂e to 646 tCO₂e over the same span (up 35%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 78 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 78 means the building performs better than about 78% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 78 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. 119-09 26th Avenue's 69.4 kBtu/ft² across 88,667 sq ft works out to about 6.2 billion Btu (1,803 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 174.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,510,790 kWh of electricity, 9,981 therms of natural gas and 5,070 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 119-09 26th Avenue to report its energy use?

119-09 26th 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:3807576:2024). 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.