38-20 Bowne Street

How does 38-20 Bowne 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. 38-20 Bowne Street's ENERGY STAR score of 77 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 65% of them and lower than 35%. Its site EUI of 76.5 kBtu/ft² is about 32% below the average of 112.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 193,975 sq ft, it is about 79% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1975 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 77 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 77 means the building performs better than about 77% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 77 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. 38-20 Bowne Street's 76.5 kBtu/ft² across 193,975 sq ft works out to about 14.8 billion Btu (4,349 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 176.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,123,223 kWh of electricity, 41,679 therms of natural gas and 12,624 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 38-20 Bowne Street to report its energy use?

38-20 Bowne 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:57684504:2024). 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.