Old - Cross Bronx Pres LLC - Baychester (2166bay)

How does Old - Cross Bronx Pres LLC - Baychester (2166bay) 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. Old - Cross Bronx Pres LLC - Baychester (2166bay)'s ENERGY STAR score of 17 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 10% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 110.3 kBtu/ft² is about 47% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 48% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 336,240 sq ft, it is about 233% above the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1962, 10 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 Old - Cross Bronx Pres LLC - Baychester (2166bay)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Old - Cross Bronx Pres LLC - Baychester (2166bay), covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 7 in 2022 to 17 in 2023 (+10 points). Site EUI moved from 144.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 110.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 24% decrease. Reported emissions went from 2,937 tCO₂e to 2,599 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 17 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 17 means the building performs better than about 17% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 17 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 58 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. Old - Cross Bronx Pres LLC - Baychester (2166bay)'s 110.3 kBtu/ft² across 336,240 sq ft works out to about 37.1 billion Btu (10,869 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 174.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,313,931 kWh of electricity and 257,914 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Old - Cross Bronx Pres LLC - Baychester (2166bay) to report its energy use?

Old - Cross Bronx Pres LLC - Baychester (2166bay) 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:6566326:2023). 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.