Triborough Pres LLC - East 120th St Reh (2126e120HUD)

How does Triborough Pres LLC - East 120th St Reh (2126e120HUD) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 33,022 multifamily housing buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Triborough Pres LLC - East 120th St Reh (2126e120HUD)'s ENERGY STAR score of 45 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 28% of them and lower than 72%. Its site EUI of 94.3 kBtu/ft² is about 26% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,546 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 52 years earlier than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Triborough Pres LLC - East 120th St Reh (2126e120HUD)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Triborough Pres LLC - East 120th St Reh (2126e120HUD), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2022 to 45 in 2024 (-55 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 100. Site EUI moved from 35.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 94.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 166% increase. Reported emissions went from 113 tCO₂e to 303 tCO₂e over the same span (up 167%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 45 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 45 means the building performs better than about 45% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 45 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 30 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. Triborough Pres LLC - East 120th St Reh (2126e120HUD)'s 94.3 kBtu/ft² across 51,546 sq ft works out to about 4.9 billion Btu (1,425 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 123.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 213,240 kWh of electricity, 41,318 therms of natural gas and 4,855 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Triborough Pres LLC - East 120th St Reh (2126e120HUD) to report its energy use?

Triborough Pres LLC - East 120th St Reh (2126e120HUD) 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:4414971:2024). 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.