221 Forest Ave - Staten Island

How does 221 Forest Ave - Staten Island 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. 221 Forest Ave - Staten Island's ENERGY STAR score of 33 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 27% of them and lower than 72%. Its site EUI of 113.1 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 112.0 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 10.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 23% above the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 43,100 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1974 construction date is close to 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.

How has 221 Forest Ave - Staten Island's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 221 Forest Ave - Staten Island, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 50 in 2023 to 33 in 2024 (-17 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 50. Site EUI moved from 101.6 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 113.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 388 tCO₂e to 452 tCO₂e over the same span (up 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 33 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 33 means the building performs better than about 33% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 33 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 42 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. 221 Forest Ave - Staten Island's 113.1 kBtu/ft² across 43,100 sq ft works out to about 4.9 billion Btu (1,429 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 245.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 914,457 kWh of electricity, 17,531 therms of natural gas and 5,156 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 221 Forest Ave - Staten Island to report its energy use?

221 Forest Ave - Staten Island 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:28586721:2024). 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.