H+H_4321_Kings County Hospital: Food Service

How does H+H_4321_Kings County Hospital: Food Service 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_4321_Kings County Hospital: Food Service's ENERGY STAR score of 96 compares with an average of 61 across the 113 that report a score; it scores higher than 69% of them and lower than 28%. Its site EUI of 150.3 kBtu/ft² is about 40% 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 16.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 15% below the group average of 18.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 50,000 sq ft, it is about 89% below the average floor area of 450,487 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1991, 39 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_4321_Kings County Hospital: Food Service's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for H+H_4321_Kings County Hospital: Food Service, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 98 in 2022 to 96 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 98. Site EUI moved from 139.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 150.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 7% increase. Reported emissions went from 567 tCO₂e to 801 tCO₂e over the same span (up 41%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 96 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 96 means the building performs better than about 96% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 96 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. H+H_4321_Kings County Hospital: Food Service's 150.3 kBtu/ft² across 50,000 sq ft works out to about 7.5 billion Btu (2,202 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 384.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,899,614 kWh of electricity and 10,338 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires H+H_4321_Kings County Hospital: Food Service to report its energy use?

H+H_4321_Kings County Hospital: Food Service 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:21354540:2024). 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.