3860 Nostrand Avenue

How does 3860 Nostrand Avenue compare with other pre-school/daycare buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 185 pre-school/daycare buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 7.8 kBtu/ft² is about 86% below the average of 54.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 91% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 11,040 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 27,378 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1959, 7 years earlier than the group's average year built (1966). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 229 pre-school/daycare buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 74 and a site EUI of 55.4 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 7.8 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 3860 Nostrand Avenue's 7.8 kBtu/ft² across 11,040 sq ft works out to about 0.1 billion Btu (25 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 8.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 867 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 3860 Nostrand Avenue to report its energy use?

3860 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:53695392:2024). 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.