Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx II:192 EAST 151 STREET

How does Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx II:192 EAST 151 STREET 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. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx II:192 EAST 151 STREET's ENERGY STAR score of 6 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 3% of them and lower than 97%. Its site EUI of 89.7 kBtu/ft² is about 46% above the average of 61.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 8.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 68% above the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 61,484 sq ft, it is about 39% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1956 construction date is close to 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 6 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 6 means the building performs better than about 6% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 6 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 69 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. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx II:192 EAST 151 STREET's 89.7 kBtu/ft² across 61,484 sq ft works out to about 5.5 billion Btu (1,616 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 186.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 954,482 kWh of electricity and 22,563 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx II:192 EAST 151 STREET to report its energy use?

Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx II:192 EAST 151 STREET 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:58195992:2024). 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.