NH Forest Hills Hospital Campus

How does NH Forest Hills Hospital Campus 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. NH Forest Hills Hospital Campus's ENERGY STAR score of 51 compares with an average of 61 across the 113 that report a score; it scores higher than 37% of them and lower than 62%. Its site EUI of 395.7 kBtu/ft² is about 59% 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 29.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 53% above the group average of 18.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 186,407 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 450,487 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1951 construction date is close to 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 51 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 51 means the building performs better than about 51% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 51 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 24 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. NH Forest Hills Hospital Campus's 395.7 kBtu/ft² across 186,407 sq ft works out to about 73.8 billion Btu (21,617 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 637.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 6,935,980 kWh of electricity and 494,470 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires NH Forest Hills Hospital Campus to report its energy use?

NH Forest Hills Hospital Campus 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:52242992:2024). 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.