Copy of NE - COURT SQUARE II

How does Copy of NE - COURT SQUARE II compare with other office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 3,384 office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Copy of NE - COURT SQUARE II's ENERGY STAR score of 85 compares with an average of 72 across the 2,519 that report a score; it scores higher than 63% of them and lower than 35%. Its site EUI of 61.7 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 64.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 456,254 sq ft, it is about 122% above the average floor area of 205,440 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 67 years later than the group's average year built (1940). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 85 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 85 means the building performs better than about 85% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 85 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. Copy of NE - COURT SQUARE II's 61.7 kBtu/ft² across 456,254 sq ft works out to about 28.2 billion Btu (8,250 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 151.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 6,646,589 kWh of electricity, 50,753 therms of natural gas and 4,231 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Copy of NE - COURT SQUARE II to report its energy use?

Copy of NE - COURT SQUARE II 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:55753192:2024). 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.