3574 Nostrand Avenue

How does 3574 Nostrand Avenue compare with other K-12 school buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 2,301 K-12 school buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 3574 Nostrand Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 84 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 74% of them and lower than 25%. Its site EUI of 34.8 kBtu/ft² is about 43% below the average of 61.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 34% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 43,998 sq ft, it is about 57% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 46 years later than the group's average year built (1954). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has 3574 Nostrand Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 3574 Nostrand Avenue, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 86 in 2022 to 84 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 86. Site EUI moved from 34.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 34.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 0% increase. Reported emissions went from 111 tCO₂e to 140 tCO₂e over the same span (up 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 means the building performs better than about 84% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 84 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. 3574 Nostrand Avenue's 34.8 kBtu/ft² across 43,998 sq ft works out to about 1.5 billion Btu (449 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 74.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 279,613 kWh of electricity, 5,757 therms of natural gas and 445 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 3574 Nostrand Avenue to report its energy use?

3574 Nostrand 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:18103320:2024). 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.