Emblem - Annadale Medical Center

How does Emblem - Annadale Medical Center compare with other medical office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 188 medical office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Emblem - Annadale Medical Center's ENERGY STAR score of 43 compares with an average of 65 across the 147 that report a score; it scores higher than 24% of them and lower than 75%. Its site EUI of 136.0 kBtu/ft² is about 39% above the average of 97.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 10% above the group average of 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 44,910 sq ft, it is about 40% below the average floor area of 75,019 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1985, 20 years later than the group's average year built (1965). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 43 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 43 means the building performs better than about 43% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 43 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 32 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. Emblem - Annadale Medical Center's 136.0 kBtu/ft² across 44,910 sq ft works out to about 6.1 billion Btu (1,790 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 280.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,038,493 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Emblem - Annadale Medical Center to report its energy use?

Emblem - Annadale Medical Center 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:5882591:2022). 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.