One Brooklyn Health - 1 Brookdale Plaza

How does One Brooklyn Health - 1 Brookdale Plaza 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. One Brooklyn Health - 1 Brookdale Plaza's ENERGY STAR score of 72 compares with an average of 61 across the 113 that report a score; it scores higher than 51% of them and lower than 48%. Its site EUI of 133.0 kBtu/ft² is about half of 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 15.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 20% below the group average of 18.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 511,776 sq ft, it is about 14% above the average floor area of 450,487 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1961, 9 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 One Brooklyn Health - 1 Brookdale Plaza's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for One Brooklyn Health - 1 Brookdale Plaza, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 71 in 2022 to 72 in 2024 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 134.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 133.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 5,804 tCO₂e to 7,784 tCO₂e over the same span (up 34%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 72 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 72 means the building performs better than about 72% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 72 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 3 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. One Brooklyn Health - 1 Brookdale Plaza's 133.0 kBtu/ft² across 511,776 sq ft works out to about 68.1 billion Btu (19,948 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 369.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 19,710,657 kWh of electricity, 8,379 therms of natural gas and 48,307 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires One Brooklyn Health - 1 Brookdale Plaza to report its energy use?

One Brooklyn Health - 1 Brookdale Plaza 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:26573830:2024). 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.