H+H_4326_Williamsburg Community Health Center

How does H+H_4326_Williamsburg Community Health Center compare with other medical office buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 188 medical office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. H+H_4326_Williamsburg Community Health Center's ENERGY STAR score of 63 compares with an average of 65 across the 147 that report a score; it scores higher than 37% of them and lower than 62%. Its site EUI of 70.1 kBtu/ft² is about 28% below the average of 97.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 24% below the group average of 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 10,900 sq ft, it is about 85% below the average floor area of 75,019 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1920, 45 years earlier than the group's average year built (1965). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².

How has H+H_4326_Williamsburg Community Health Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for H+H_4326_Williamsburg Community Health Center, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 67 in 2022 to 63 in 2024 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 67. Site EUI moved from 67.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 70.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 4% increase. Reported emissions went from 56 tCO₂e to 73 tCO₂e over the same span (up 32%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 63 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 63 means the building performs better than about 63% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 63 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 12 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_4326_Williamsburg Community Health Center's 70.1 kBtu/ft² across 10,900 sq ft works out to about 0.8 billion Btu (224 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 158.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 154,609 kWh of electricity, 2,365 therms of natural gas and 91 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires H+H_4326_Williamsburg Community Health Center to report its energy use?

H+H_4326_Williamsburg Community Health Center 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:21355368:2024). 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.