Jamaica Hospital - D Building

How does Jamaica Hospital - D 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. Jamaica Hospital - D Building's ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 61 across the 113 that report a score; it scores higher than 77% of them. Its site EUI of 50.0 kBtu/ft² is about 80% 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 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 85% below the group average of 18.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 47,863 sq ft, it is about 89% below the average floor area of 450,487 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1978, 26 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 Jamaica Hospital - D Building's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Jamaica Hospital - D Building, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 100 in both 2022 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 116.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 50.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 57% decrease. Reported emissions went from 375 tCO₂e to 132 tCO₂e over the same span (down 65%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 100 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: 100 is the top of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 100 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. Jamaica Hospital - D Building's 50.0 kBtu/ft² across 47,863 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (701 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 55.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 22,270 kWh of electricity, 23,151 therms of natural gas and 848 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Jamaica Hospital - D Building to report its energy use?

Jamaica Hospital - D 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:10062901:2024). 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.