Norwegian Christian Home - 1250 67th Street and 1270 67th Street

How does Norwegian Christian Home - 1250 67th Street and 1270 67th Street 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. Norwegian Christian Home - 1250 67th Street and 1270 67th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 1 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 0% of them and lower than 96%. Its site EUI of 157.5 kBtu/ft² is about 41% 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 12.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 42% above the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 128,900 sq ft, it is about 19% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 27 years later 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 Norwegian Christian Home - 1250 67th Street and 1270 67th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Norwegian Christian Home - 1250 67th Street and 1270 67th Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 6 in 2022 to 1 in 2024 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 6. Site EUI moved from 121.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 157.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 30% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,054 tCO₂e to 1,555 tCO₂e over the same span (up 48%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 1 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: 1 is the bottom of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 1 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 74 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. Norwegian Christian Home - 1250 67th Street and 1270 67th Street's 157.5 kBtu/ft² across 128,900 sq ft works out to about 20.3 billion Btu (5,950 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 269.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,254,764 kWh of electricity, 126,026 therms of natural gas and 11,495 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Norwegian Christian Home - 1250 67th Street and 1270 67th Street to report its energy use?

Norwegian Christian Home - 1250 67th Street and 1270 67th 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:5871315:2024). 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.