4715 15th Avenue (1521 48th St)

How does 4715 15th Avenue (1521 48th St) 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. 4715 15th Avenue (1521 48th St)'s ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 97% of them. Its site EUI of 16.3 kBtu/ft² is about 73% 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 0.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 81% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 62,000 sq ft, it is about 39% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1986, 33 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 100 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: 100 is the top of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 100 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. 4715 15th Avenue (1521 48th St)'s 16.3 kBtu/ft² across 62,000 sq ft works out to about 1 billion Btu (296 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 17.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 10,104 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 4715 15th Avenue (1521 48th St) to report its energy use?

4715 15th Avenue (1521 48th St) 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:10825738:2023). 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.