El Borinquen

How does El Borinquen compare with other multifamily housing buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 33,022 multifamily housing buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. El Borinquen's ENERGY STAR score of 88 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 74% of them and lower than 25%. Its site EUI of 55.9 kBtu/ft² is about 25% below the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 100,200 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2020, 68 years later than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has El Borinquen's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for El Borinquen, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2022 to 88 in 2024 (-12 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 100. Site EUI moved from 13.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 55.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 302% increase. Reported emissions went from 116 tCO₂e to 432 tCO₂e over the same span (up 271%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 88 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 88 means the building performs better than about 88% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 88 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. El Borinquen's 55.9 kBtu/ft² across 100,200 sq ft works out to about 5.6 billion Btu (1,642 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 96.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 632,748 kWh of electricity, 34,462 therms of natural gas and 4,400 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires El Borinquen to report its energy use?

El Borinquen 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:23795023:2024). 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.