Spring - 1488 New York Avenue

How does Spring - 1488 New York Avenue 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. Spring - 1488 New York Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 96 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 83% of them and lower than 13%. Its site EUI of 89.3 kBtu/ft² is about 20% below the average of 112.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 36% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 58,800 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1951, 23 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 96 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 96 means the building performs better than about 96% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 96 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. Spring - 1488 New York Avenue's 89.3 kBtu/ft² across 58,800 sq ft works out to about 5.3 billion Btu (1,539 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 131.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 369,782 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Spring - 1488 New York Avenue to report its energy use?

Spring - 1488 New York Avenue 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:26708323:2022). 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.