DFTA_11588_Albany Neighborhood Senior Center

How does DFTA_11588_Albany Neighborhood Senior Center 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. DFTA_11588_Albany Neighborhood Senior Center's ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 94% of them. Its site EUI of 51.8 kBtu/ft² is about half of 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 3.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 18,723 sq ft, it is about 83% below the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1973 construction date is close to 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 100 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: 100 is the top of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 100 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. DFTA_11588_Albany Neighborhood Senior Center's 51.8 kBtu/ft² across 18,723 sq ft works out to about 1 billion Btu (284 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 86.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 99,062 kWh of electricity and 6,323 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires DFTA_11588_Albany Neighborhood Senior Center to report its energy use?

DFTA_11588_Albany Neighborhood Senior Center 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:60352292:2024). 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.