110 Meisner Avenue

How does 110 Meisner Avenue compare with other outpatient rehabilitation/physical therapy buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 27 outpatient rehabilitation/physical therapy buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 112.8 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 117.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 26% below the group average of 9.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 53,856 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 134,240 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 37 years later than the group's average year built (1966). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 65 outpatient rehabilitation/physical therapy buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 14 and a site EUI of 99.2 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 112.8 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 110 Meisner Avenue's 112.8 kBtu/ft² across 53,856 sq ft works out to about 6.1 billion Btu (1,780 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 179.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 549,732 kWh of electricity and 1,484 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 110 Meisner Avenue to report its energy use?

110 Meisner 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:27938290:2022). 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.