Rocklyn: OL Help of Christians (3076640041)

How does Rocklyn: OL Help of Christians (3076640041) 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. Its site EUI of 71.9 kBtu/ft² is about 17% above the average of 61.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% above the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 22,561 sq ft, it is about 78% below the average floor area of 101,338 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 3 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.

What does a site EUI of 71.9 kBtu/ft² mean?

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: OL Help of Christians (3076640041)'s 71.9 kBtu/ft² across 22,561 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (475 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 126.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 193,836 kWh of electricity, 9,605 therms of natural gas and 1,854 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Rocklyn: OL Help of Christians (3076640041) to report its energy use?

Rocklyn: OL Help of Christians (3076640041) 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:33964468:2023). 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.