Benjamin: 107-02 Merrick Blvd

How does Benjamin: 107-02 Merrick Blvd 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. Benjamin: 107-02 Merrick Blvd's ENERGY STAR score of 96 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 83% of them and lower than 13%. Its site EUI of 84.0 kBtu/ft² is about 25% 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 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 29% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 154,587 sq ft, it is about 42% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 27 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 Benjamin: 107-02 Merrick Blvd's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Benjamin: 107-02 Merrick Blvd, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 95 in 2022 to 96 in 2024 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 96. Site EUI moved from 87.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 84.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 849 tCO₂e to 934 tCO₂e over the same span (up 10%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 96 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 96 means the building performs better than about 96% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 96 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. Benjamin: 107-02 Merrick Blvd's 84.0 kBtu/ft² across 154,587 sq ft works out to about 13 billion Btu (3,806 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 132.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,155,705 kWh of electricity and 90,367 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Benjamin: 107-02 Merrick Blvd to report its energy use?

Benjamin: 107-02 Merrick Blvd 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:3117455:2024). 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.