(7307) - The Penelope Condominium (6109 39th Avenue)

How does (7307) - The Penelope Condominium (6109 39th Avenue) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 33,022 multifamily housing buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. (7307) - The Penelope Condominium (6109 39th Avenue)'s ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 45% of them and lower than 54%. Its site EUI of 82.6 kBtu/ft² is about 10% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 66,575 sq ft, it is about 34% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1927, 25 years earlier than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has (7307) - The Penelope Condominium (6109 39th Avenue)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for (7307) - The Penelope Condominium (6109 39th Avenue), covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 83 in 2022 to 65 in 2023 (-18 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 83. Site EUI moved from 81.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 82.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 351 tCO₂e to 333 tCO₂e over the same span (down 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 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. (7307) - The Penelope Condominium (6109 39th Avenue)'s 82.6 kBtu/ft² across 66,575 sq ft works out to about 5.5 billion Btu (1,612 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 106.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 218,004 kWh of electricity, 47,542 therms of natural gas and 5,019 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires (7307) - The Penelope Condominium (6109 39th Avenue) to report its energy use?

(7307) - The Penelope Condominium (6109 39th 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:6213405:2023). 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.