At a glance
Best Western The Plaza Hotel is a 149,584-square-foot hotel at 3253 N Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, built in 1974. In its 2025 Honolulu benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 52.5 kBtu/ft² and 1,359 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 52.5 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 1,359 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 1,749,377 kWh |
| Natural gas | 18,838 therms |
| Water use | 9,421 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 149,584 sq ft |
| Source record | honolulu:04QFJ1268359721:2025 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | 52.5 kBtu/ft² | 1,359 tCO₂e | |
| 2024 | 45 | -30 | 53.1 kBtu/ft² | 1,394 tCO₂e |
| 2023 | 75 | 62.2 kBtu/ft² | 1,434 tCO₂e |
Compliance context
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu)
Honolulu's Ordinance 22-17 requires commercial buildings over 25,000 sq ft on Oʻahu to benchmark annually, with public disclosure of results.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 3253 N Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu
- City
- Honolulu
- State
- Hawaii
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Best Western The Plaza Hotel compare with other hotel buildings in Honolulu?
The latest disclosures cover 60 hotel buildings in Honolulu, out of 799 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 52.5 kBtu/ft² is about 22% below the average of 67.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 149,584 sq ft, it is about 62% below the average floor area of 394,099 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 5 years earlier than the group's average year built (1979). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,812 hotel buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 77.8 kBtu/ft².
How has Best Western The Plaza Hotel's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 Honolulu disclosures for Best Western The Plaza Hotel, covering report years 2023–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 75 in 2023 to 45 in 2024 (-30 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 75. Site EUI moved from 62.2 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 52.5 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 16% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,434 tCO₂e to 1,359 tCO₂e over the same span (down 5%).
What does a site EUI of 52.5 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. Best Western The Plaza Hotel's 52.5 kBtu/ft² across 149,584 sq ft works out to about 7.9 billion Btu (2,302 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 1,749,377 kWh of electricity, 18,838 therms of natural gas and 9,421 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Best Western The Plaza Hotel to report its energy use?
Best Western The Plaza Hotel reports under Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu), the legal basis of Honolulu's Better Buildings Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2025 disclosure (source record honolulu:04QFJ1268359721:2025). Honolulu's Ordinance 22-17 requires commercial buildings over 25,000 sq ft on Oʻahu to benchmark annually, with public disclosure of results.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Best Western The Plaza Hotel's energy grade?
Best Western The Plaza Hotel did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 52.5 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Best Western The Plaza Hotel use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 52.5 kBtu/ft² across 149,584 sq ft, including 1,749,377 kWh of electricity and 18,838 therms of natural gas.
What are Best Western The Plaza Hotel's carbon emissions?
Best Western The Plaza Hotel reported 1,359 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.
Where is Best Western The Plaza Hotel?
Best Western The Plaza Hotel is at 3253 N Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
How big is Best Western The Plaza Hotel and when was it built?
Best Western The Plaza Hotel has 149,584 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1974 as its year built. It is classed as hotel.
Is Best Western The Plaza Hotel covered by Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu)?
Yes — it appears in the 2025 Better Buildings Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu).
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About this data
Source: Better Buildings Benchmarking (Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Best Western The Plaza Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/honolulu/best-western-the-plaza-hotel-0055e9d5 (data as of July 9, 2026).