219 Audubon Avenue

How does 219 Audubon Avenue 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. 219 Audubon Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 16 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 10% of them and lower than 90%. Its site EUI of 145.2 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 62% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 47,612 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1910, 42 years earlier 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 219 Audubon Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 219 Audubon Avenue, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 90 in 2022 to 16 in 2023 (-74 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 90. Site EUI moved from 75.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 145.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 92% increase. Reported emissions went from 200 tCO₂e to 398 tCO₂e over the same span (up 99%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 16 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 16 means the building performs better than about 16% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 16 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 59 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. 219 Audubon Avenue's 145.2 kBtu/ft² across 47,612 sq ft works out to about 6.9 billion Btu (2,026 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 172.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 160,640 kWh of electricity, 63,657 therms of natural gas and 5,491 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 219 Audubon Avenue to report its energy use?

219 Audubon Avenue 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:7875055:2023). 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.