149 West 132 Street

How does 149 West 132 Street compare with other residential care facility buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 151 residential care facility buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 51.8 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 111.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 55% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 26,600 sq ft, it is about 69% below the average floor area of 86,753 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1889, 79 years earlier than the group's average year built (1968). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 321 residential care facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 41 and a site EUI of 94.2 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 51.8 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 149 West 132 Street's 51.8 kBtu/ft² across 26,600 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (404 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 86.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 144,204 kWh of electricity, 8,862 therms of natural gas and 301 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 149 West 132 Street to report its energy use?

149 West 132 Street 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:33944222:2023). 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.