Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

How does Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center compare with other senior living community buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 296 senior living community buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's ENERGY STAR score of 3 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 93%. Its site EUI of 193.1 kBtu/ft² is about 72% above the average of 112.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 15.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 77% above the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 106,000 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 5 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 10 in 2022 to 3 in 2024 (-7 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 10. Site EUI moved from 174.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 193.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,210 tCO₂e to 1,597 tCO₂e over the same span (up 32%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 3 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 3 means the building performs better than about 3% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 3 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 72 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. Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's 193.1 kBtu/ft² across 106,000 sq ft works out to about 20.5 billion Btu (5,999 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 338.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,412,033 kWh of electricity and 122,365 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to report its energy use?

Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 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:4441631:2024). 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.