Emblem - Flatbush Center

How does Emblem - Flatbush 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 - Flatbush Center's ENERGY STAR score of 91 compares with an average of 65 across the 147 that report a score; it scores higher than 67% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 95.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 8.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 27,612 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 75,019 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1954, 11 years earlier 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 91 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 91 means the building performs better than about 91% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 91 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 - Flatbush Center's 95.0 kBtu/ft² across 27,612 sq ft works out to about 2.6 billion Btu (769 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 193.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 434,511 kWh of electricity and 11,415 therms of natural gas for the year.

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

Emblem - Flatbush 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:35168787:2023). 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.