1466 56 St

How does 1466 56 St compare with other K-12 school buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 2,301 K-12 school buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 1466 56 St's ENERGY STAR score of 3 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 2% of them and lower than 98%. Its site EUI of 130.7 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 61.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 10.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 28,703 sq ft, it is about 72% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1987, 34 years later than the group's average year built (1954). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has 1466 56 St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 1466 56 St, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 5 in 2022 to 3 in 2023 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 5. Site EUI moved from 131.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 130.7 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 253 tCO₂e to 289 tCO₂e over the same span (up 14%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 3 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 3 means the building performs better than about 3% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 3 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 72 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. 1466 56 St's 130.7 kBtu/ft² across 28,703 sq ft works out to about 3.8 billion Btu (1,099 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 236.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 474,877 kWh of electricity, 21,302 therms of natural gas and 2,787 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1466 56 St to report its energy use?

1466 56 St 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:12881738:2023). 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.