The Brielle

How does The Brielle 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. The Brielle's ENERGY STAR score of 63 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 53% of them and lower than 46%. Its site EUI of 26.8 kBtu/ft² is about 76% 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 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 66% below the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 126,000 sq ft, it is about 16% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2011, 37 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 63 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 63 means the building performs better than about 63% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 63 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 12 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. The Brielle's 26.8 kBtu/ft² across 126,000 sq ft works out to about 3.4 billion Btu (990 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 74.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 980,435 kWh of electricity, 286 therms of natural gas and 406 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Brielle to report its energy use?

The Brielle 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:21968043:2023). 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.