3400 Bainbridge Avenue

How does 3400 Bainbridge Avenue compare with other hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 226 hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 3400 Bainbridge Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 20 compares with an average of 61 across the 113 that report a score; it scores higher than 21% of them and lower than 77%. Its site EUI of 521.2 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 248.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 32.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 71% above the group average of 18.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 214,182 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 450,487 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1927, 25 years earlier than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 748 hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 59 and a site EUI of 238.7 kBtu/ft².

How has 3400 Bainbridge Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for 3400 Bainbridge Avenue, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 12 in 2022 to 20 in 2023 (+8 points). Site EUI moved from 574.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 521.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 7,055 tCO₂e to 6,947 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 20 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 20 means the building performs better than about 20% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 20 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 55 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. 3400 Bainbridge Avenue's 521.2 kBtu/ft² across 214,182 sq ft works out to about 111.6 billion Btu (32,716 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 667.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 4,388,318 kWh of electricity and 878,603 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 3400 Bainbridge Avenue to report its energy use?

3400 Bainbridge 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:2731802:2023). 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.