333 West 86th Street

How does 333 West 86th 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. 333 West 86th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 55% of them and lower than 45%. Its site EUI of 132.6 kBtu/ft² is about 18% 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 8.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 180,405 sq ft, it is about 66% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1927, 47 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 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 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. 333 West 86th Street's 132.6 kBtu/ft² across 180,405 sq ft works out to about 23.9 billion Btu (7,011 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 199.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,809,750 kWh of electricity and 12,393 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 333 West 86th Street to report its energy use?

333 West 86th 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:26649143:2022). 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.