Laboratory buildings in New York City
90 laboratory buildings benchmarked under Local Law 84 (LL84), graded by ENERGY STAR score.
At a glance
90 laboratory buildings in New York City disclose their energy use under Local Law 84 (LL84), 0% of the city's 48,310 benchmarked buildings and its 33rd-largest property type. They average a site EUI of 409.2 kBtu/ft².
Top of the class
Most efficient
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Least efficient
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Largest
| Building | Score | Site EUI | Floor area |
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| AECOM College, Laboratory Spaces and Weiler Campus | –— | 390.8 kBtu/ft² | 2,173,486 sq ft |
| Weill Cornell Medicine campus | –— | — | 1,862,814 sq ft |
| Rockefeller University Main Campus | –— | — | 1,546,119 sq ft |
| Annenberg | –— | — | 1,119,997 sq ft |
| 1250-1300 Morris Park Avenue (South Campus, Lot 1) | –— | 558.5 kBtu/ft² | 911,540 sq ft |
| Alexandria Center for Life Science | –— | 257.8 kBtu/ft² | 795,486 sq ft |
| Zuckerman Research Center - Part MSK Campus | –— | 356.7 kBtu/ft² | 728,239 sq ft |
| P&S - Black | –— | 1051.3 kBtu/ft² | 721,049 sq ft |
| P&S - Black LL97 | –— | 1051.3 kBtu/ft² | 721,049 sq ft |
| Zuckerman Research Center - (Child of MSKCC Super Campus) | –— | 404.8 kBtu/ft² | 703,782 sq ft |
How do New York City's laboratory buildings compare with the rest of the city?
Average site EUI is 409.2 kBtu/ft², about 431% above the city's 77.0 kBtu/ft² across all property types. Emissions intensity averages 28.8 kgCO₂e/ft², about 405% above the citywide 5.7. Together they reported 532,582 tCO₂e in their latest years, 2% of the city's disclosed building emissions.
How do New York City's laboratory buildings compare nationally?
Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers there are 795 laboratory buildings, averaging an ENERGY STAR score of 29 and a site EUI of 231.7 kBtu/ft². New York City has the 2nd-most laboratory buildings of the 8 jurisdictions with at least 25.
How big and how old are New York City's laboratory buildings?
The average laboratory building here has 293,236 sq ft of floor area, about 164% above the citywide average of 111,236 sq ft. Together they cover 26.4 million square feet. The average year built is 1966, against 1953 for all disclosed buildings in the city. The largest is AECOM College, Laboratory Spaces and Weiler Campus, at 2,173,486 sq ft.
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Frequently asked questions
How efficient are New York City's laboratory buildings?
The 90 benchmarked laboratory buildings in New York City report no ENERGY STAR scores and a site energy-use intensity of 409.2 kBtu/ft² in their latest disclosures under Local Law 84 (LL84).
What is the largest laboratory building in New York City?
AECOM College, Laboratory Spaces and Weiler Campus, with 2,173,486 sq ft of gross floor area in its latest disclosure.
About this data
Source: Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84 (LL84)), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Laboratory buildings in New York City”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/type/laboratory (data as of October 2, 2026).