144-45 87th Avenue (Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation)

How does 144-45 87th Avenue (Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation) 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. 144-45 87th Avenue (Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation)'s ENERGY STAR score of 38 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 29% of them and lower than 70%. Its site EUI of 75.6 kBtu/ft² is about 33% 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 7.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 18% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 273,882 sq ft, it is about 152% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1990, 16 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 144-45 87th Avenue (Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 144-45 87th Avenue (Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation), covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 84 in 2022 to 38 in 2023 (-46 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 84. Site EUI moved from 58.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 75.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 30% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,156 tCO₂e to 1,917 tCO₂e over the same span (up 66%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 38 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 38 means the building performs better than about 38% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 38 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 37 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. 144-45 87th Avenue (Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation)'s 75.6 kBtu/ft² across 273,882 sq ft works out to about 20.7 billion Btu (6,068 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 173.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 4,308,990 kWh of electricity, 59,933 therms of natural gas and 10,194 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 144-45 87th Avenue (Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation) to report its energy use?

144-45 87th Avenue (Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation) 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:2816743:2023). 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.