AKAM - 1485 Pacific Street

How does AKAM - 1485 Pacific Street compare with other K-12 school buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 2,301 K-12 school buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. AKAM - 1485 Pacific Street's ENERGY STAR score of 9 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 77.7 kBtu/ft² is about 27% above the average of 61.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 8.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 73% above the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 191,385 sq ft, it is about 89% above the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2009, 56 years later than the group's average year built (1954). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has AKAM - 1485 Pacific Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for AKAM - 1485 Pacific Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 20 in 2022 to 9 in 2024 (-11 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 20. Site EUI moved from 70.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 77.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,076 tCO₂e to 1,588 tCO₂e over the same span (up 48%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 9 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 9 means the building performs better than about 9% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 9 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 66 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. AKAM - 1485 Pacific Street's 77.7 kBtu/ft² across 191,385 sq ft works out to about 14.9 billion Btu (4,358 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 199.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,777,026 kWh of electricity, 19,793 therms of natural gas and 1,283 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires AKAM - 1485 Pacific Street to report its energy use?

AKAM - 1485 Pacific Street 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:5864817:2024). 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.