Rocklyn: St Benadict Joseph Labre (4094350016)

How does Rocklyn: St Benadict Joseph Labre (4094350016) 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 55.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 41,146 sq ft, it is about 59% 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 55.9 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: St Benadict Joseph Labre (4094350016)'s 55.9 kBtu/ft² across 41,146 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (674 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 91.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 227,430 kWh of electricity, 15,247 therms of natural gas and 1,613 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Rocklyn: St Benadict Joseph Labre (4094350016) to report its energy use?

Rocklyn: St Benadict Joseph Labre (4094350016) 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:33964477:2023). 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.