At a glance
Palms At Waikiki is a 89,143-square-foot hotel at 1850 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, built in 1969. In its 2025 Honolulu benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 101.9 kBtu/ft² and 1,303 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 101.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 1,303 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 1,646,088 kWh |
| Natural gas | 34,653 therms |
| Water use | 11,915 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 89,143 sq ft |
| Source record | honolulu:04QFJ2068654135:2025 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | 101.9 kBtu/ft² | 1,303 tCO₂e | |
| 2024 | 36 | 102.9 kBtu/ft² | 1,454 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
- 1850 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu
- City
- Honolulu
- State
- Hawaii
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Palms At Waikiki compare with other hotel buildings in Honolulu?
The latest disclosures cover 60 hotel buildings in Honolulu, out of 799 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 101.9 kBtu/ft² is about 52% above the average of 67.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 89,143 sq ft, it is about 77% below the average floor area of 394,099 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 10 years earlier than the group's average year built (1979). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,812 hotel buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 77.8 kBtu/ft².
How has Palms At Waikiki's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 Honolulu disclosures for Palms At Waikiki, covering report years 2024–2025. Site EUI moved from 102.9 kBtu/ft² (2024) to 101.9 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,454 tCO₂e to 1,303 tCO₂e over the same span (down 10%).
What does a site EUI of 101.9 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. Palms At Waikiki's 101.9 kBtu/ft² across 89,143 sq ft works out to about 9.1 billion Btu (2,662 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 1,646,088 kWh of electricity, 34,653 therms of natural gas and 11,915 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Palms At Waikiki to report its energy use?
Palms At Waikiki 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:04QFJ2068654135:2025). Honolulu's Ordinance 22-17 requires commercial buildings over 25,000 sq ft on Oʻahu to benchmark annually, with public disclosure of results.
More hotel buildings in Honolulu
- Pagoda Hotel· 88,807 sq ft · EUI 55.0 kBtu/ft²
- Pearl Hotel Waikiki· 83,855 sq ft
- Ilima Hotel· 79,645 sq ft · EUI 48.5 kBtu/ft²
- Shoreline Hotel Waikiki· 71,900 sq ft · EUI 54.8 kBtu/ft²
- The Lotus at Diamond Head· 57,430 sq ft · EUI 62.8 kBtu/ft²
- Romer Waikiki· 57,024 sq ft · EUI 42.8 kBtu/ft²
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Frequently asked questions
What is Palms At Waikiki's energy grade?
Palms At Waikiki did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 101.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Palms At Waikiki use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 101.9 kBtu/ft² across 89,143 sq ft, including 1,646,088 kWh of electricity and 34,653 therms of natural gas.
What are Palms At Waikiki's carbon emissions?
Palms At Waikiki reported 1,303 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.
Where is Palms At Waikiki?
Palms At Waikiki is at 1850 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
How big is Palms At Waikiki and when was it built?
Palms At Waikiki has 89,143 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1969 as its year built. It is classed as hotel.
Is Palms At Waikiki 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, “Palms At Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/honolulu/palms-at-waikiki-645d1adb (data as of July 9, 2026).