Makiki Plaza
Multifamily Housing in Honolulu, HI · 1561 Pensacola St, Honolulu
At a glance
Makiki Plaza is a 94,512-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1561 Pensacola St, Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, built in 1980. In its 2025 Honolulu benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 29.3 kBtu/ft² and 349 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 29.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 349 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 404,933 kWh |
| Natural gas | 13,840 therms |
| Water use | 5,731 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 94,512 sq ft |
| Source record | honolulu:04QFJ2018956510:2025 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | 29.3 kBtu/ft² | 349 tCO₂e | |
| 2024 | 100 | 28.9 kBtu/ft² | 354 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
- 1561 Pensacola St, Honolulu
- City
- Honolulu
- State
- Hawaii
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Makiki Plaza 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 29.3 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 28.2 kBtu/ft².
At 94,512 sq ft, it is about 41% below the average floor area of 159,294 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1980 construction date is close to 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 Makiki Plaza's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 Honolulu disclosures for Makiki Plaza, covering report years 2024–2025. Site EUI moved from 28.9 kBtu/ft² (2024) to 29.3 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 354 tCO₂e to 349 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).
What does a site EUI of 29.3 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. Makiki Plaza's 29.3 kBtu/ft² across 94,512 sq ft works out to about 2.8 billion Btu (812 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 404,933 kWh of electricity, 13,840 therms of natural gas and 5,731 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Makiki Plaza to report its energy use?
Makiki Plaza 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:04QFJ2018956510:2025). 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 Makiki Plaza's energy grade?
Makiki Plaza did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 29.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Makiki Plaza use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 29.3 kBtu/ft² across 94,512 sq ft, including 404,933 kWh of electricity and 13,840 therms of natural gas.
What are Makiki Plaza's carbon emissions?
Makiki Plaza reported 349 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.
Where is Makiki Plaza?
Makiki Plaza is at 1561 Pensacola St, Honolulu, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
How big is Makiki Plaza and when was it built?
Makiki Plaza has 94,512 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Makiki Plaza 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, “Makiki Plaza, Honolulu, Hawaii — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/honolulu/makiki-plaza-f92f0a50 (data as of July 9, 2026).