1879 East 3rd Street

How does 1879 East 3rd Street 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. 1879 East 3rd Street's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 76% of them and lower than 23%. Its site EUI of 101.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 6.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 20% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 36,769 sq ft, it is about 66% below the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1987, 13 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. 1879 East 3rd Street's 101.5 kBtu/ft² across 36,769 sq ft works out to about 3.7 billion Btu (1,094 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 146.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 242,886 kWh of electricity, 29,039 therms of natural gas and 2,110 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1879 East 3rd Street to report its energy use?

1879 East 3rd 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:50191192:2024). 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.