Lauwiliwili Partners

How does Lauwiliwili Partners compare with other distribution center buildings in Honolulu?

The latest disclosures cover 29 distribution center buildings in Honolulu, out of 799 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 5.0 kBtu/ft² is about 72% below the average of 17.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 33,000 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 85,109 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2005, 13 years later than the group's average year built (1992). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,082 distribution center buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 24.2 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 5.0 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. Lauwiliwili Partners's 5.0 kBtu/ft² across 33,000 sq ft works out to about 0.2 billion Btu (48 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 48,690 kWh of electricity and 560 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Lauwiliwili Partners to report its energy use?

Lauwiliwili Partners 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:04QEJ9413757725:2025). Honolulu's Ordinance 22-17 requires commercial buildings over 25,000 sq ft on Oʻahu to benchmark annually, with public disclosure of results.