At a glance
Diamond Head Beach Hotel is a 49,477-square-foot hotel at 2947 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, built in 1969. In its 2025 Honolulu benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 25.0 kBtu/ft² and 210 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 25.0 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 210 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 268,617 kWh |
| Natural gas | 3,215 therms |
| Water use | 2,175 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 49,477 sq ft |
| Source record | honolulu:04QFJ2239551491:2025 |
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
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 2947 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu
- City
- Honolulu
- State
- Hawaii
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Diamond Head Beach 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 25.0 kBtu/ft² is about 63% below the average of 67.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 49,477 sq ft, it is about 87% below the average floor area of 394,099 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 10 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.
What does a site EUI of 25.0 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. Diamond Head Beach Hotel's 25.0 kBtu/ft² across 49,477 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (363 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 268,617 kWh of electricity, 3,215 therms of natural gas and 2,175 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Diamond Head Beach Hotel to report its energy use?
Diamond Head Beach 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:04QFJ2239551491:2025). 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 Diamond Head Beach Hotel's energy grade?
Diamond Head Beach Hotel did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 25.0 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Diamond Head Beach Hotel use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 25.0 kBtu/ft² across 49,477 sq ft, including 268,617 kWh of electricity and 3,215 therms of natural gas.
What are Diamond Head Beach Hotel's carbon emissions?
Diamond Head Beach Hotel reported 210 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.
Where is Diamond Head Beach Hotel?
Diamond Head Beach Hotel is at 2947 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
How big is Diamond Head Beach Hotel and when was it built?
Diamond Head Beach Hotel has 49,477 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1969 as its year built. It is classed as hotel.
Is Diamond Head Beach 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, “Diamond Head Beach Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/honolulu/diamond-head-beach-hotel-c81d1064 (data as of July 9, 2026).