17 Eastern Parkway

How does 17 Eastern Parkway compare with other worship facility buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 370 worship facility buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 17 Eastern Parkway's ENERGY STAR score of 17 compares with an average of 43 across the 224 that report a score; it scores higher than 27% of them and lower than 72%. Its site EUI of 73.1 kBtu/ft² is about 17% above the average of 62.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 61,398 sq ft, it is about 37% above the average floor area of 44,868 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1920, 17 years earlier than the group's average year built (1937). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,035 worship facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 50 and a site EUI of 47.8 kBtu/ft².

How has 17 Eastern Parkway's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 17 Eastern Parkway, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 86.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 73.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 15% decrease. Reported emissions went from 320 tCO₂e to 285 tCO₂e over the same span (down 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 17 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 17 means the building performs better than about 17% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 17 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 58 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. 17 Eastern Parkway's 73.1 kBtu/ft² across 61,398 sq ft works out to about 4.5 billion Btu (1,315 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 98.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 218,374 kWh of electricity, 37,429 therms of natural gas and 436 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 17 Eastern Parkway to report its energy use?

17 Eastern Parkway 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:15598975:2024). 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.