Green Light Energy Conservation:1610 AVENUE J

How does Green Light Energy Conservation:1610 AVENUE J compare with other college/university buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 553 college/university buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 33.4 kBtu/ft² is about 65% below the average of 94.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 59% below the group average of 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 71,000 sq ft, it is about 65% below the average floor area of 202,329 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1993, 46 years later than the group's average year built (1947). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,113 college/university buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 98.7 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 33.4 kBtu/ft² mean?

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:1610 AVENUE J's 33.4 kBtu/ft² across 71,000 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (695 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 54.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 233,230 kWh of electricity and 15,730 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Green Light Energy Conservation:1610 AVENUE J to report its energy use?

Green Light Energy Conservation:1610 AVENUE J 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:53974292:2024). 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.