Hudson Pointe at Riverdale - 3220 Henry Hudson Pkwy

How does Hudson Pointe at Riverdale - 3220 Henry Hudson Pkwy compare with other senior living community buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 296 senior living community buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Hudson Pointe at Riverdale - 3220 Henry Hudson Pkwy's ENERGY STAR score of 45 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 38% of them and lower than 61%. Its site EUI of 152.5 kBtu/ft² is about 36% above the average of 112.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 10.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 21% above the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 61,456 sq ft, it is about 43% below the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1965, 9 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has Hudson Pointe at Riverdale - 3220 Henry Hudson Pkwy's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Hudson Pointe at Riverdale - 3220 Henry Hudson Pkwy, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 97 in 2022 to 45 in 2024 (-52 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 99. Site EUI moved from 43.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 152.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 247% increase. Reported emissions went from 226 tCO₂e to 633 tCO₂e over the same span (up 180%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 45 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 45 means the building performs better than about 45% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 45 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 30 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. Hudson Pointe at Riverdale - 3220 Henry Hudson Pkwy's 152.5 kBtu/ft² across 61,456 sq ft works out to about 9.4 billion Btu (2,747 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 222.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 641,017 kWh of electricity, 71,843 therms of natural gas and 11,085 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Hudson Pointe at Riverdale - 3220 Henry Hudson Pkwy to report its energy use?

Hudson Pointe at Riverdale - 3220 Henry Hudson Pkwy 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:6720117:2024). 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.