Big Surf
Multifamily Housing in Honolulu, HI · 1690 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu
At a glance
Big Surf is a 29,780-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1690 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, built in 1971. In its 2025 Honolulu benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 31.5 kBtu/ft² and 198 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 31.5 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 198 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 274,730 kWh |
| Water use | 2,996 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 29,780 sq ft |
| Source record | honolulu:04QFJ2040354321:2025 |
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
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Location
- Address
- 1690 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu
- City
- Honolulu
- State
- Hawaii
Within ~1 km
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How does Big Surf compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Honolulu?
The latest disclosures cover 378 multifamily housing buildings in Honolulu, out of 799 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 31.5 kBtu/ft² is about 12% above the average of 28.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 29,780 sq ft, it is about 81% below the average floor area of 159,294 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1971, 8 years earlier than the group's average year built (1979). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 31.5 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. Big Surf's 31.5 kBtu/ft² across 29,780 sq ft works out to about 0.9 billion Btu (275 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 274,730 kWh of electricity and 2,996 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Big Surf to report its energy use?
Big Surf 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:04QFJ2040354321:2025). 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 Big Surf's energy grade?
Big Surf did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 31.5 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Big Surf use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 31.5 kBtu/ft² across 29,780 sq ft, including 274,730 kWh of electricity.
What are Big Surf's carbon emissions?
Big Surf reported 198 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.
Where is Big Surf?
Big Surf is at 1690 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
How big is Big Surf and when was it built?
Big Surf has 29,780 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1971 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Big Surf 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, “Big Surf, Honolulu, Hawaii — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/honolulu/big-surf-53454f84 (data as of July 9, 2026).