1960 East 7th Street

How does 1960 East 7th 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. 1960 East 7th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 5 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 8% of them and lower than 91%. Its site EUI of 186.9 kBtu/ft² is about 67% above the average of 112.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 14.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 70% above the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 32,930 sq ft, it is about 70% below the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1929, 45 years earlier 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 5 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 5 means the building performs better than about 5% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 5 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 70 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. 1960 East 7th Street's 186.9 kBtu/ft² across 32,930 sq ft works out to about 6.2 billion Btu (1,804 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 323.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 700,645 kWh of electricity and 37,649 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 1960 East 7th Street to report its energy use?

1960 East 7th 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:50186695:2024). 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.