Highbridge Realty Associates - 1141-61 Jerome Avenue

How does Highbridge Realty Associates - 1141-61 Jerome Avenue compare with other multifamily housing buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 33,022 multifamily housing buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Highbridge Realty Associates - 1141-61 Jerome Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 49 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 31% of them and lower than 68%. Its site EUI of 80.6 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 84,018 sq ft, it is about 17% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1989, 37 years later than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Highbridge Realty Associates - 1141-61 Jerome Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Highbridge Realty Associates - 1141-61 Jerome Avenue, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 65 in 2022 to 49 in 2024 (-16 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 65. Site EUI moved from 71.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 80.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 12% increase. Reported emissions went from 376 tCO₂e to 468 tCO₂e over the same span (up 24%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 49 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 49 means the building performs better than about 49% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 49 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 26 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. Highbridge Realty Associates - 1141-61 Jerome Avenue's 80.6 kBtu/ft² across 84,018 sq ft works out to about 6.8 billion Btu (1,985 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 121.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 513,182 kWh of electricity, 50,169 therms of natural gas and 8,510 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Highbridge Realty Associates - 1141-61 Jerome Avenue to report its energy use?

Highbridge Realty Associates - 1141-61 Jerome Avenue 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:2801337:2024). 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.