2266 Cropsey Avenue (2266 Cropsey Avenue)

How does 2266 Cropsey Avenue (2266 Cropsey Avenue) 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. 2266 Cropsey Avenue (2266 Cropsey Avenue)'s ENERGY STAR score of 97 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 87% of them and lower than 10%. Its site EUI of 136.1 kBtu/ft² is about 22% 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 7.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 15% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 120,618 sq ft, it is about 11% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1931, 43 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 97 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 97 means the building performs better than about 97% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 97 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. 2266 Cropsey Avenue (2266 Cropsey Avenue)'s 136.1 kBtu/ft² across 120,618 sq ft works out to about 16.4 billion Btu (4,811 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 142.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 164,175 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 2266 Cropsey Avenue (2266 Cropsey Avenue) to report its energy use?

2266 Cropsey Avenue (2266 Cropsey 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:10853171:2023). 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.