FOUND Study - 119 Columbia Heights

How does FOUND Study - 119 Columbia Heights compare with other residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 343 residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. FOUND Study - 119 Columbia Heights's ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 69 across the 177 that report a score; it scores higher than 60% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 61.1 kBtu/ft² is about 23% below the average of 79.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 24% below the group average of 5.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,949 sq ft, it is about 39% below the average floor area of 85,583 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 23 years later than the group's average year built (1947). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 702 residence hall/dormitory buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 70.7 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. FOUND Study - 119 Columbia Heights's 61.1 kBtu/ft² across 51,949 sq ft works out to about 3.2 billion Btu (930 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 93.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 256,459 kWh of electricity and 22,978 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires FOUND Study - 119 Columbia Heights to report its energy use?

FOUND Study - 119 Columbia Heights 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:33532280:2023). 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.