801 West 190 Street

How does 801 West 190 Street 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. 801 West 190 Street's ENERGY STAR score of 70 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 41%. Its site EUI of 97.1 kBtu/ft² is about 13% 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 9.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 68,787 sq ft, it is about 37% below the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1967, 7 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 70 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 70 means the building performs better than about 70% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 70 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 5 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. 801 West 190 Street's 97.1 kBtu/ft² across 68,787 sq ft works out to about 6.7 billion Btu (1,957 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 231.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,492,463 kWh of electricity, 15,872 therms of natural gas and 7,558 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 801 West 190 Street to report its energy use?

801 West 190 Street 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:33626282:2023). 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.