H+H_4295_Jacobi Medical Center: Jacobi Building

How does H+H_4295_Jacobi Medical Center: Jacobi Building 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_4295_Jacobi Medical Center: Jacobi Building's ENERGY STAR score of 7 compares with an average of 61 across the 113 that report a score; it scores higher than 14% of them and lower than 85%. Its site EUI of 408.9 kBtu/ft² is about 64% above the average of 248.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 29.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 58% above the group average of 18.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 716,550 sq ft, it is about 59% above the average floor area of 450,487 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1957, 5 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_4295_Jacobi Medical Center: Jacobi Building's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for H+H_4295_Jacobi Medical Center: Jacobi Building, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 9 in 2022 to 7 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 9. Site EUI moved from 369.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 408.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 17,102 tCO₂e to 21,379 tCO₂e over the same span (up 25%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 7 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 7 means the building performs better than about 7% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 7 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 68 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_4295_Jacobi Medical Center: Jacobi Building's 408.9 kBtu/ft² across 716,550 sq ft works out to about 293 billion Btu (85,869 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 654.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 27,097,925 kWh of electricity and 1,964,764 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires H+H_4295_Jacobi Medical Center: Jacobi Building to report its energy use?

H+H_4295_Jacobi Medical Center: Jacobi 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:21354435:2024). 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.