FLACS: 296 E 140th St

How does FLACS: 296 E 140th St 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. FLACS: 296 E 140th St's ENERGY STAR score of 41 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 20% of them and lower than 79%. Its site EUI of 41.8 kBtu/ft² is about 32% 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 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 30,077 sq ft, it is about 70% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1973, 20 years later 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 FLACS: 296 E 140th St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for FLACS: 296 E 140th St, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 42 in 2022 to 41 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 42. Site EUI moved from 42.8 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 41.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 108 tCO₂e to 143 tCO₂e over the same span (up 32%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 41 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 41 means the building performs better than about 41% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 41 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 34 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. FLACS: 296 E 140th St's 41.8 kBtu/ft² across 30,077 sq ft works out to about 1.3 billion Btu (368 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 115.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 358,986 kWh of electricity, 328 therms of natural gas and 933 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires FLACS: 296 E 140th St to report its energy use?

FLACS: 296 E 140th 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:12801785:2024). 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.