515-535 Audubon Avenue (Parent Property)

How does 515-535 Audubon Avenue (Parent Property) 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. 515-535 Audubon Avenue (Parent Property)'s ENERGY STAR score of 47 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 41% of them and lower than 59%. Its site EUI of 151.2 kBtu/ft² is about 35% 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 12.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 48% above the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 507,890 sq ft, it is about 368% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1968, 6 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.

How has 515-535 Audubon Avenue (Parent Property)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 515-535 Audubon Avenue (Parent Property), covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 142.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 151.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 6% increase. Reported emissions went from 6,315 tCO₂e to 6,377 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 47 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 47 means the building performs better than about 47% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 47 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 28 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. 515-535 Audubon Avenue (Parent Property)'s 151.2 kBtu/ft² across 507,890 sq ft works out to about 76.8 billion Btu (22,506 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 222.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 5,750,189 kWh of electricity, 58,373 therms of natural gas and 35,467 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 515-535 Audubon Avenue (Parent Property) to report its energy use?

515-535 Audubon Avenue (Parent Property) 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:20579482:2024). 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.