H+H_4151_Harlem Hospital: Martin Luther King Pavilion

How does H+H_4151_Harlem Hospital: Martin Luther King Pavilion compare with other hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 226 hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. H+H_4151_Harlem Hospital: Martin Luther King Pavilion's ENERGY STAR score of 58 compares with an average of 61 across the 113 that report a score; it scores higher than 43% of them and lower than 53%. Its site EUI of 162.7 kBtu/ft² is about 35% below the average of 248.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 17.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 18.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 684,499 sq ft, it is about 52% above the average floor area of 450,487 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 17 years later than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 748 hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 59 and a site EUI of 238.7 kBtu/ft².

How has H+H_4151_Harlem Hospital: Martin Luther King Pavilion's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for H+H_4151_Harlem Hospital: Martin Luther King Pavilion, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 4 in 2022 to 58 in 2024 (+54 points). Site EUI moved from 375.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 162.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 57% decrease. Reported emissions went from 16,214 tCO₂e to 11,903 tCO₂e over the same span (down 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 58 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 58 means the building performs better than about 58% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 58 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 17 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. H+H_4151_Harlem Hospital: Martin Luther King Pavilion's 162.7 kBtu/ft² across 684,499 sq ft works out to about 111.4 billion Btu (32,639 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 397.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 26,085,661 kWh of electricity and 22 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires H+H_4151_Harlem Hospital: Martin Luther King Pavilion to report its energy use?

H+H_4151_Harlem Hospital: Martin Luther King Pavilion 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:21354984:2024). 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.