Gerrer Yeshiva, Machzikei Hadath

How does Gerrer Yeshiva, Machzikei Hadath 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. Gerrer Yeshiva, Machzikei Hadath's ENERGY STAR score of 40 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 20% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 67.6 kBtu/ft² is about 10% 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 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 25% above the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 34,530 sq ft, it is about 66% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1993, 40 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.

How has Gerrer Yeshiva, Machzikei Hadath's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Gerrer Yeshiva, Machzikei Hadath, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 51 in 2022 to 40 in 2023 (-11 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 51. Site EUI moved from 70.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 67.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 173 tCO₂e to 208 tCO₂e over the same span (up 20%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 40 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 40 means the building performs better than about 40% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 40 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 35 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. Gerrer Yeshiva, Machzikei Hadath's 67.6 kBtu/ft² across 34,530 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (684 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 147.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 444,832 kWh of electricity, 8,151 therms of natural gas and 1,380 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Gerrer Yeshiva, Machzikei Hadath to report its energy use?

Gerrer Yeshiva, Machzikei Hadath 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:8704827:2023). 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.