Kealani
Multifamily Housing in Honolulu, HI · 2533 Ala Wai Blvd, Honolulu
At a glance
Kealani is a 68,780-square-foot multifamily housing building at 2533 Ala Wai Blvd, Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, built in 1970. In its 2025 Honolulu benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 14.8 kBtu/ft² and 215 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 14.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 215 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 298,775 kWh |
| Water use | 2,272 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 68,780 sq ft |
| Source record | honolulu:04QFJ2243953160:2025 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | 14.8 kBtu/ft² | 215 tCO₂e | |
| 2024 | 100 | 14.6 kBtu/ft² | 212 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
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Location
- Address
- 2533 Ala Wai Blvd, Honolulu
- City
- Honolulu
- State
- Hawaii
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Kealani 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 14.8 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 28.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 68,780 sq ft, it is about 57% below the average floor area of 159,294 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1970, 9 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.
How has Kealani's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 Honolulu disclosures for Kealani, covering report years 2024–2025. Site EUI moved from 14.6 kBtu/ft² (2024) to 14.8 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 212 tCO₂e to 215 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).
What does a site EUI of 14.8 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. Kealani's 14.8 kBtu/ft² across 68,780 sq ft works out to about 1 billion Btu (298 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 298,775 kWh of electricity and 2,272 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Kealani to report its energy use?
Kealani 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:04QFJ2243953160:2025). 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 Kealani's energy grade?
Kealani did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 14.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Kealani use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 14.8 kBtu/ft² across 68,780 sq ft, including 298,775 kWh of electricity.
What are Kealani's carbon emissions?
Kealani reported 215 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.
Where is Kealani?
Kealani is at 2533 Ala Wai Blvd, Honolulu, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
How big is Kealani and when was it built?
Kealani has 68,780 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1970 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Kealani 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, “Kealani, Honolulu, Hawaii — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/honolulu/kealani-8d25f2dd (data as of July 9, 2026).