Emblem - Atlantic Avenue

How does Emblem - Atlantic Avenue 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 - Atlantic Avenue'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 152.3 kBtu/ft² is about 56% 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 11.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% above the group average of 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 47,265 sq ft, it is about 37% below the average floor area of 75,019 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 42 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.

How has Emblem - Atlantic Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Emblem - Atlantic Avenue, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 11 in 2022 to 43 in 2023 (+32 points). Site EUI moved from 169.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 152.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 10% decrease. Reported emissions went from 533 tCO₂e to 547 tCO₂e over the same span (up 3%).

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 - Atlantic Avenue's 152.3 kBtu/ft² across 47,265 sq ft works out to about 7.2 billion Btu (2,110 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 269.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 867,553 kWh of electricity and 42,367 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Emblem - Atlantic Avenue to report its energy use?

Emblem - Atlantic Avenue 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:5882588:2023). 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.