Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI
Mixed Use Property in Honolulu, HI · 2454 S Beretania St, Honolulu
At a glance
Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI is a 52,591-square-foot mixed use property building at 2454 S Beretania St, Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, built in 1994. In its 2025 Honolulu benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 63.0 kBtu/ft² and 599 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 63.0 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 599 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 849,073 kWh |
| Natural gas | 4,180 therms |
| Water use | 1,400 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 52,591 sq ft |
| Source record | honolulu:04QFJ2203655145:2025 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | 63.0 kBtu/ft² | 599 tCO₂e | |
| 2024 | — | 65.7 kBtu/ft² | 636 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
- 2454 S Beretania St, Honolulu
- City
- Honolulu
- State
- Hawaii
Within ~1 km
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How does Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI compare with other mixed use property buildings in Honolulu?
The latest disclosures cover 11 mixed use property buildings in Honolulu, out of 799 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 63.0 kBtu/ft² is about 36% above the average of 46.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 52,591 sq ft, it is about 69% below the average floor area of 171,957 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1994, 13 years later than the group's average year built (1981). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,212 mixed use property buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 69 and a site EUI of 79.8 kBtu/ft².
How has Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 Honolulu disclosures for Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI, covering report years 2024–2025. Site EUI moved from 65.7 kBtu/ft² (2024) to 63.0 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 636 tCO₂e to 599 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).
What does a site EUI of 63.0 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. Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI's 63.0 kBtu/ft² across 52,591 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (971 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 849,073 kWh of electricity, 4,180 therms of natural gas and 1,400 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI to report its energy use?
Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI 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:04QFJ2203655145:2025). 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 Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI's energy grade?
Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 63.0 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 63.0 kBtu/ft² across 52,591 sq ft, including 849,073 kWh of electricity and 4,180 therms of natural gas.
What are Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI's carbon emissions?
Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI reported 599 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.
Where is Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI?
Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI is at 2454 S Beretania St, Honolulu, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
How big is Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI and when was it built?
Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI has 52,591 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1994 as its year built. It is classed as mixed use property.
Is Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI 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, “Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻI, Honolulu, Hawaii — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/honolulu/japanese-cultural-center-of-hawai-i-424913df (data as of July 9, 2026).