8101 Ridge Boulevard

How does 8101 Ridge Boulevard 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. 8101 Ridge Boulevard's ENERGY STAR score of 95 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 91% of them and lower than 8%. Its site EUI of 44.6 kBtu/ft² is about 27% 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 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 28,000 sq ft, it is about 72% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1931, 22 years earlier 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.

How has 8101 Ridge Boulevard's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 8101 Ridge Boulevard, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 94 in 2022 to 95 in 2024 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 96. Site EUI moved from 52.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 44.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 15% decrease. Reported emissions went from 113 tCO₂e to 104 tCO₂e over the same span (down 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 95 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 95 means the building performs better than about 95% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 95 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. 8101 Ridge Boulevard's 44.6 kBtu/ft² across 28,000 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (366 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 64.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 87,037 kWh of electricity, 292 therms of natural gas and 199 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 8101 Ridge Boulevard to report its energy use?

8101 Ridge Boulevard 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:6648504:2024). 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.