RAC SH Cam Heights 115-30 221 St

How does RAC SH Cam Heights 115-30 221 St 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. RAC SH Cam Heights 115-30 221 St's ENERGY STAR score of 58 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 34% of them and lower than 65%. Its site EUI of 80.4 kBtu/ft² is about 31% 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 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 20% above the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 41,096 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1936, 17 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 58 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 58 means the building performs better than about 58% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 58 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 17 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. RAC SH Cam Heights 115-30 221 St's 80.4 kBtu/ft² across 41,096 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (968 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 93.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 76,761 kWh of electricity, 9,145 therms of natural gas and 892 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires RAC SH Cam Heights 115-30 221 St to report its energy use?

RAC SH Cam Heights 115-30 221 St 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:53796992:2024). 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.