Q480, Q481 (OECID: 0400209; BBL: 4095400002)

How does Q480, Q481 (OECID: 0400209; BBL: 4095400002) compare with other K-12 school buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 2,301 K-12 school buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Q480, Q481 (OECID: 0400209; BBL: 4095400002)'s ENERGY STAR score of 49 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 26% of them and lower than 73%. Its site EUI of 87.2 kBtu/ft² is about 42% above the average of 61.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 51% above the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 307,200 sq ft, it is about 203% above the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1931, 22 years earlier than the group's average year built (1954). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Q480, Q481 (OECID: 0400209; BBL: 4095400002)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Q480, Q481 (OECID: 0400209; BBL: 4095400002), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 51 in 2022 to 49 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 54. Site EUI moved from 86.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 87.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 2,052 tCO₂e to 2,222 tCO₂e over the same span (up 8%).

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. Q480, Q481 (OECID: 0400209; BBL: 4095400002)'s 87.2 kBtu/ft² across 307,200 sq ft works out to about 26.8 billion Btu (7,851 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 118.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,526,894 kWh of electricity, 1,139 therms of natural gas and 0 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Q480, Q481 (OECID: 0400209; BBL: 4095400002) to report its energy use?

Q480, Q481 (OECID: 0400209; BBL: 4095400002) 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:1634049:2024). 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.