163-03 Horace Harding Expressway

How does 163-03 Horace Harding Expressway compare with other medical office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 188 medical office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 163-03 Horace Harding Expressway's ENERGY STAR score of 50 compares with an average of 65 across the 147 that report a score; it scores higher than 31% of them and lower than 68%. Its site EUI of 86.9 kBtu/ft² is about 11% below the average of 97.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 10.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 14% above the group average of 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 41,000 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 75,019 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1972, 7 years later than the group's average year built (1965). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².

How has 163-03 Horace Harding Expressway's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 163-03 Horace Harding Expressway, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 92 in 2022 to 50 in 2024 (-42 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 92. Site EUI moved from 69.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 86.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 25% increase. Reported emissions went from 241 tCO₂e to 410 tCO₂e over the same span (up 70%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 50 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 50 means the building performs better than about 50% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 50 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 25 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. 163-03 Horace Harding Expressway's 86.9 kBtu/ft² across 41,000 sq ft works out to about 3.6 billion Btu (1,044 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 243.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,044,768 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 895 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 163-03 Horace Harding Expressway to report its energy use?

163-03 Horace Harding Expressway 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:19398424:2024). 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.