119 Columbia Heights NEW

How does 119 Columbia Heights NEW compare with other residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 343 residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 119 Columbia Heights NEW's ENERGY STAR score of 54 compares with an average of 69 across the 177 that report a score; it scores higher than 23% of them and lower than 75%. Its site EUI of 107.9 kBtu/ft² is about 36% above the average of 79.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 33% above the group average of 5.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 29,952 sq ft, it is about 65% below the average floor area of 85,583 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 23 years later than the group's average year built (1947). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 702 residence hall/dormitory buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 70.7 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 54 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 54 means the building performs better than about 54% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 54 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 21 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. 119 Columbia Heights NEW's 107.9 kBtu/ft² across 29,952 sq ft works out to about 3.2 billion Btu (947 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 158.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 224,194 kWh of electricity, 24,662 therms of natural gas and 1,903 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 119 Columbia Heights NEW to report its energy use?

119 Columbia Heights NEW 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:10172138:2024). 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.