86-19 144th Street (Silvercrest Senior Housing)

How does 86-19 144th Street (Silvercrest Senior Housing) 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. 86-19 144th Street (Silvercrest Senior Housing)'s ENERGY STAR score of 69 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 57% of them and lower than 42%. Its site EUI of 62.7 kBtu/ft² is about 44% 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 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 65,988 sq ft, it is about 39% below the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2010, 36 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 86-19 144th Street (Silvercrest Senior Housing)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 86-19 144th Street (Silvercrest Senior Housing), covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 65 in 2022 to 69 in 2023 (+4 points). Site EUI moved from 66.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 62.7 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 268 tCO₂e to 271 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 69 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 69 means the building performs better than about 69% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 69 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 6 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. 86-19 144th Street (Silvercrest Senior Housing)'s 62.7 kBtu/ft² across 65,988 sq ft works out to about 4.1 billion Btu (1,213 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 90.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 269,126 kWh of electricity, 32,198 therms of natural gas and 4,078 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 86-19 144th Street (Silvercrest Senior Housing) to report its energy use?

86-19 144th Street (Silvercrest Senior Housing) 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:2825260:2023). 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.