ABC Building

How does ABC Building 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. ABC Building's ENERGY STAR score of 62 compares with an average of 61 across the 113 that report a score; it scores higher than 48% of them and lower than 51%. Its site EUI of 248.1 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 248.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 20.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 18.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 391,245 sq ft, it is about 13% below the average floor area of 450,487 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1987, 35 years later 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 62 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 62 means the building performs better than about 62% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 62 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 13 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. ABC Building's 248.1 kBtu/ft² across 391,245 sq ft works out to about 97.1 billion Btu (28,448 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 459.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 13,007,409 kWh of electricity and 526,742 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires ABC Building to report its energy use?

ABC Building 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:48489992:2024). 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.