Hi-Sierra

How does Hi-Sierra 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 27.3 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 28.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 38,456 sq ft, it is about 76% below the average floor area of 159,294 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1965, 14 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 27.3 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. Hi-Sierra's 27.3 kBtu/ft² across 38,456 sq ft works out to about 1 billion Btu (308 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 145,600 kWh of electricity, 5,530 therms of natural gas and 1,677 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Hi-Sierra to report its energy use?

Hi-Sierra 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:04QFJ2453454133:2025). Honolulu's Ordinance 22-17 requires commercial buildings over 25,000 sq ft on Oʻahu to benchmark annually, with public disclosure of results.