Emblem - Forest Hills Center

How does Emblem - Forest Hills 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 - Forest Hills Center's ENERGY STAR score of 80 compares with an average of 65 across the 147 that report a score; it scores higher than 54% of them and lower than 44%. Its site EUI of 91.4 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 8.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 48,900 sq ft, it is about 35% below the average floor area of 75,019 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1971, 6 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 - Forest Hills Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Emblem - Forest Hills Center, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 57 in 2022 to 80 in 2023 (+23 points). Site EUI moved from 94.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 91.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 338 tCO₂e to 395 tCO₂e over the same span (up 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 80 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 80 means the building performs better than about 80% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 80 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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 - Forest Hills Center's 91.4 kBtu/ft² across 48,900 sq ft works out to about 4.5 billion Btu (1,310 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 197.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 828,315 kWh of electricity, 16,449 therms of natural gas and 711 thousand gallons of water for the year.

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

Emblem - Forest Hills 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:4038770:2023). 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.