St Patricks: 66 Van Cortlandt Park South

How does St Patricks: 66 Van Cortlandt Park South 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. St Patricks: 66 Van Cortlandt Park South's ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 72% of them and lower than 27%. Its site EUI of 67.3 kBtu/ft² is about 40% 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 5.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 33% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 207,426 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1989, 15 years later 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 St Patricks: 66 Van Cortlandt Park South's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for St Patricks: 66 Van Cortlandt Park South, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 68 in 2022 to 86 in 2024 (+18 points). Site EUI moved from 87.0 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 67.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 23% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,217 tCO₂e to 1,183 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 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. St Patricks: 66 Van Cortlandt Park South's 67.3 kBtu/ft² across 207,426 sq ft works out to about 14 billion Btu (4,091 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 129.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,034,769 kWh of electricity and 65,136 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires St Patricks: 66 Van Cortlandt Park South to report its energy use?

St Patricks: 66 Van Cortlandt Park South 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:3316314:2024). 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.