Wingate - Rivlin Houses (Parent Account)

How does Wingate - Rivlin Houses (Parent Account) 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. Wingate - Rivlin Houses (Parent Account)'s ENERGY STAR score of 55 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 36% of them and lower than 63%. Its site EUI of 84.4 kBtu/ft² is about 13% 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 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 134,392 sq ft, it is about 33% above the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1911, 41 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 Wingate - Rivlin Houses (Parent Account)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Wingate - Rivlin Houses (Parent Account), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 48 in 2022 to 55 in 2024 (+7 points). Site EUI moved from 94.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 84.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 10% decrease. Reported emissions went from 947 tCO₂e to 923 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 55 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 55 means the building performs better than about 55% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 55 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 20 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. Wingate - Rivlin Houses (Parent Account)'s 84.4 kBtu/ft² across 134,392 sq ft works out to about 11.3 billion Btu (3,324 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 118.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 727,860 kWh of electricity, 9,642 therms of natural gas and 2,761 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Wingate - Rivlin Houses (Parent Account) to report its energy use?

Wingate - Rivlin Houses (Parent Account) 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:15359765:2024). 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.