RAC St Mel 26-01 154 Street

How does RAC St Mel 26-01 154 Street 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 St Mel 26-01 154 Street's ENERGY STAR score of 99 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 96% of them and lower than 3%. Its site EUI of 30.7 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 61.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 82,534 sq ft, it is about 19% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1954 construction date is close to 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 99 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 99 means the building performs better than about 99% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 99 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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 St Mel 26-01 154 Street's 30.7 kBtu/ft² across 82,534 sq ft works out to about 2.5 billion Btu (743 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 36.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 71,096 kWh of electricity and 2,845 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires RAC St Mel 26-01 154 Street to report its energy use?

RAC St Mel 26-01 154 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:63979392:2024). 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.