RUMC Campus

How does RUMC Campus 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. RUMC Campus's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 61 across the 113 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 41%. Its site EUI of 224.3 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 16.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% below the group average of 18.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 574,562 sq ft, it is about 28% above the average floor area of 450,487 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1903, 49 years earlier 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 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. RUMC Campus's 224.3 kBtu/ft² across 574,562 sq ft works out to about 128.9 billion Btu (37,769 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 361.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 12,081,730 kWh of electricity, 872,148 therms of natural gas and 77,097 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires RUMC Campus to report its energy use?

RUMC Campus 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:64861292:2024). 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.