Emblem - East New York Center

How does Emblem - East New York 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 - East New York Center's ENERGY STAR score of 88 compares with an average of 65 across the 147 that report a score; it scores higher than 63% of them and lower than 34%. Its site EUI of 74.4 kBtu/ft² is about 24% below the average of 97.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 15% below the group average of 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 116,523 sq ft, it is about 55% above the average floor area of 75,019 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 50 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 - East New York Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Emblem - East New York Center, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 24 in 2022 to 88 in 2023 (+64 points). Site EUI moved from 153.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 74.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 51% decrease. Reported emissions went from 994 tCO₂e to 878 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 88 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 88 means the building performs better than about 88% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 88 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. Emblem - East New York Center's 74.4 kBtu/ft² across 116,523 sq ft works out to about 8.7 billion Btu (2,541 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 165.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,711,086 kWh of electricity, 28,310 therms of natural gas and 720 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Emblem - East New York Center to report its energy use?

Emblem - East New York 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:19927224:2023). 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.