Farber Building

How does Farber Building compare with other K-12 school buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 2,301 K-12 school buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Farber Building's ENERGY STAR score of 8 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 96%. Its site EUI of 103.1 kBtu/ft² is about 68% above the average of 61.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 44% above the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 27,680 sq ft, it is about 73% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2004, 51 years later than the group's average year built (1954). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 8 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 8 means the building performs better than about 8% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 8 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 67 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. Farber Building's 103.1 kBtu/ft² across 27,680 sq ft works out to about 2.9 billion Btu (836 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 188.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 372,800 kWh of electricity and 1,041 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Farber Building to report its energy use?

Farber Building 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:2921187:2022). 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.