Excelsior Group - 630 East 103rd St

How does Excelsior Group - 630 East 103rd St 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. Excelsior Group - 630 East 103rd St's ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 90% of them and lower than 8%. Its site EUI of 53.0 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 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 123,140 sq ft, it is about 13% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1975 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 98 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 98 means the building performs better than about 98% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 98 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. Excelsior Group - 630 East 103rd St's 53.0 kBtu/ft² across 123,140 sq ft works out to about 6.5 billion Btu (1,913 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 139.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,734,788 kWh of electricity and 6,109 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Excelsior Group - 630 East 103rd St to report its energy use?

Excelsior Group - 630 East 103rd St 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:56036293:2024). 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.