Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

How does Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing compare with other senior living community buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 296 senior living community buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing's ENERGY STAR score of 27 compares with an average of 57 across the 229 that report a score; it scores higher than 22% of them and lower than 78%. Its site EUI of 129.3 kBtu/ft² is about 15% above the average of 112.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 10.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% above the group average of 8.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 275,162 sq ft, it is about 153% above the average floor area of 108,590 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1949, 25 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 26 in 2023 to 27 in 2024 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 124.5 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 129.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 4% increase. Reported emissions went from 2,747 tCO₂e to 2,843 tCO₂e over the same span (up 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 27 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 27 means the building performs better than about 27% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 27 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 48 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. Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing's 129.3 kBtu/ft² across 275,162 sq ft works out to about 35.6 billion Btu (10,427 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 218.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,841,109 kWh of electricity, 158,133 therms of natural gas and 12,849 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing to report its energy use?

Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing 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:18949779:2024). 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.