Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity : 850 Hylan Boulevard

How does Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity : 850 Hylan 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. Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity : 850 Hylan Boulevard's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 38% of them and lower than 61%. Its site EUI of 50.5 kBtu/ft² is about 18% 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 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 24% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 161,656 sq ft, it is about 60% above the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 3 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 Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity : 850 Hylan Boulevard's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity : 850 Hylan Boulevard, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 94 in 2022 to 61 in 2024 (-33 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 94. Site EUI moved from 19.0 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 50.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 166% increase. Reported emissions went from 255 tCO₂e to 586 tCO₂e over the same span (up 130%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 61 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 61 means the building performs better than about 61% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 61 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 14 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. Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity : 850 Hylan Boulevard's 50.5 kBtu/ft² across 161,656 sq ft works out to about 8.2 billion Btu (2,393 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 79.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 711,879 kWh of electricity and 56,571 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity : 850 Hylan Boulevard to report its energy use?

Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity : 850 Hylan 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:25312337:2024). 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.