Rocklyn: 2245 Kimball St

How does Rocklyn: 2245 Kimball St compare with other worship facility buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 370 worship facility buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Rocklyn: 2245 Kimball St's ENERGY STAR score of 80 compares with an average of 43 across the 224 that report a score; it scores higher than 85% of them and lower than 13%. Its site EUI of 55.9 kBtu/ft² is about 11% below the average of 62.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% below the group average of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 26,706 sq ft, it is about 40% below the average floor area of 44,868 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1930, 7 years earlier than the group's average year built (1937). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,035 worship facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 50 and a site EUI of 47.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Rocklyn: 2245 Kimball St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Rocklyn: 2245 Kimball St, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 70 in 2022 to 80 in 2023 (+10 points). Site EUI moved from 73.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 55.9 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 24% decrease. Reported emissions went from 119 tCO₂e to 100 tCO₂e over the same span (down 16%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 80 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 80 means the building performs better than about 80% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 80 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Rocklyn: 2245 Kimball St's 55.9 kBtu/ft² across 26,706 sq ft works out to about 1.5 billion Btu (438 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 83.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 109,972 kWh of electricity, 11,186 therms of natural gas and 1,142 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Rocklyn: 2245 Kimball St to report its energy use?

Rocklyn: 2245 Kimball St 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:6629469:2023). 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.