63059-Sunrise Sheepshead Bay

How does 63059-Sunrise Sheepshead Bay 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. 63059-Sunrise Sheepshead Bay's ENERGY STAR score of 63 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 53% of them and lower than 46%. Its site EUI of 81.9 kBtu/ft² is about 27% 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 6.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 20% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 93,000 sq ft, it is about 14% below the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 26 years later 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 63059-Sunrise Sheepshead Bay's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 63059-Sunrise Sheepshead Bay, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 60 in 2022 to 63 in 2024 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 85.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 81.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 546 tCO₂e to 633 tCO₂e over the same span (up 16%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 63 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 63 means the building performs better than about 63% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 63 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 12 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. 63059-Sunrise Sheepshead Bay's 81.9 kBtu/ft² across 93,000 sq ft works out to about 7.6 billion Btu (2,232 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 155.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,082,363 kWh of electricity, 39,208 therms of natural gas and 4,228 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 63059-Sunrise Sheepshead Bay to report its energy use?

63059-Sunrise Sheepshead Bay 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:1435729:2024). 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.