Green Light Energy Conservation : 147-37 70 ROAD

How does Green Light Energy Conservation : 147-37 70 ROAD 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. Green Light Energy Conservation : 147-37 70 ROAD's ENERGY STAR score of 68 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 47% of them and lower than 51%. Its site EUI of 56.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 66,971 sq ft, it is about 34% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 3 years earlier 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 68 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 68 means the building performs better than about 68% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 68 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 7 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. Green Light Energy Conservation : 147-37 70 ROAD's 56.2 kBtu/ft² across 66,971 sq ft works out to about 3.8 billion Btu (1,103 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 86.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 311,710 kWh of electricity and 26,970 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Green Light Energy Conservation : 147-37 70 ROAD to report its energy use?

Green Light Energy Conservation : 147-37 70 ROAD 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:45340426:2024). 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.