1441 Boston Road

How does 1441 Boston Road compare with other multifamily housing buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 33,022 multifamily housing buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 1441 Boston Road's ENERGY STAR score of 81 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 64% of them and lower than 34%. Its site EUI of 67.4 kBtu/ft² is about 10% below the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 69,238 sq ft, it is about 31% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1990, 38 years later than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has 1441 Boston Road's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 1441 Boston Road, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 84 in 2023 to 81 in 2024 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 84. Site EUI moved from 63.0 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 67.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 7% increase. Reported emissions went from 293 tCO₂e to 317 tCO₂e over the same span (up 8%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 81 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 81 means the building performs better than about 81% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 81 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. 1441 Boston Road's 67.4 kBtu/ft² across 69,238 sq ft works out to about 4.7 billion Btu (1,368 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 99.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 327,154 kWh of electricity, 35,522 therms of natural gas and 6,562 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1441 Boston Road to report its energy use?

1441 Boston Road 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:32329750:2024). 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.