RAC St Sylvester 386 Grant Ave

How does RAC St Sylvester 386 Grant Ave 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 Sylvester 386 Grant Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 47 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 25% of them and lower than 75%. Its site EUI of 55.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 33,410 sq ft, it is about 67% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1930, 23 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 47 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 47 means the building performs better than about 47% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 47 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 28 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 St Sylvester 386 Grant Ave's 55.5 kBtu/ft² across 33,410 sq ft works out to about 1.9 billion Btu (543 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 104.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 260,976 kWh of electricity and 9,624 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires RAC St Sylvester 386 Grant Ave to report its energy use?

RAC St Sylvester 386 Grant Ave 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:65813792:2024). 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.