Beth Jacob and FIRST CONGREGATION ANSHE SFARD OF BOROUGH PARK

How does Beth Jacob and FIRST CONGREGATION ANSHE SFARD OF BOROUGH PARK 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. Beth Jacob and FIRST CONGREGATION ANSHE SFARD OF BOROUGH PARK's ENERGY STAR score of 97 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 93% of them and lower than 5%. Its site EUI of 19.0 kBtu/ft² is about 69% below the average of 61.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 65% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 112,002 sq ft, it is about 11% above the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 50 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 Beth Jacob and FIRST CONGREGATION ANSHE SFARD OF BOROUGH PARK's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Beth Jacob and FIRST CONGREGATION ANSHE SFARD OF BOROUGH PARK, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 98 in 2022 to 97 in 2023 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 98. Site EUI moved from 20.8 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 19.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 168 tCO₂e to 192 tCO₂e over the same span (up 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 97 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 97 means the building performs better than about 97% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 97 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. Beth Jacob and FIRST CONGREGATION ANSHE SFARD OF BOROUGH PARK's 19.0 kBtu/ft² across 112,002 sq ft works out to about 2.1 billion Btu (624 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 42.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 416,147 kWh of electricity, 7,105 therms of natural gas and 3,120 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Beth Jacob and FIRST CONGREGATION ANSHE SFARD OF BOROUGH PARK to report its energy use?

Beth Jacob and FIRST CONGREGATION ANSHE SFARD OF BOROUGH PARK 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:6654402:2023). 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.