Rocklyn: 284 Warwick Street St Micheal St Malachy

How does Rocklyn: 284 Warwick Street St Micheal St Malachy compare with other K-12 school buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 2,301 K-12 school buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Rocklyn: 284 Warwick Street St Micheal St Malachy's ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 64 across the 2,052 that report a score; it scores higher than 97% of them. Its site EUI of 12.1 kBtu/ft² is about 80% below the average of 61.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 79% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 114,550 sq ft, it is about 13% above the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1899, 54 years earlier than the group's average year built (1954). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Rocklyn: 284 Warwick Street St Micheal St Malachy's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 New York City disclosures for Rocklyn: 284 Warwick Street St Micheal St Malachy, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 93 in 2022 to 100 in 2023 (+7 points). Site EUI moved from 28.0 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 12.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 57% decrease. Reported emissions went from 232 tCO₂e to 117 tCO₂e over the same span (down 50%).

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. Rocklyn: 284 Warwick Street St Micheal St Malachy's 12.1 kBtu/ft² across 114,550 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (406 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 24.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 228,760 kWh of electricity and 6,047 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Rocklyn: 284 Warwick Street St Micheal St Malachy to report its energy use?

Rocklyn: 284 Warwick Street St Micheal St Malachy 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:6308871:2023). 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.