At a glance
Sonido Building is a 29,495-square-foot office building at 94-730 Farrington Hwy, Waipahu in Honolulu, Hawaii, built in 1979. In its 2025 Honolulu benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 69.7 kBtu/ft² and 434 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 69.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 434 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 602,395 kWh |
| Water use | 686 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 29,495 sq ft |
| Source record | honolulu:04QFJ0302764964:2025 |
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
- 94-730 Farrington Hwy, Waipahu
- City
- Honolulu
- State
- Hawaii
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Sonido Building compare with other office buildings in Honolulu?
The latest disclosures cover 64 office buildings in Honolulu, out of 799 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 69.7 kBtu/ft² is about 45% above the average of 48.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 29,495 sq ft, it is about 84% below the average floor area of 183,069 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1979 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1977). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 69.7 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. Sonido Building's 69.7 kBtu/ft² across 29,495 sq ft works out to about 2.1 billion Btu (602 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 602,395 kWh of electricity and 686 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Sonido Building to report its energy use?
Sonido Building 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:04QFJ0302764964:2025). 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 Sonido Building's energy grade?
Sonido Building did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 69.7 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Sonido Building use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 69.7 kBtu/ft² across 29,495 sq ft, including 602,395 kWh of electricity.
What are Sonido Building's carbon emissions?
Sonido Building reported 434 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.
Where is Sonido Building?
Sonido Building is at 94-730 Farrington Hwy, Waipahu, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
How big is Sonido Building and when was it built?
Sonido Building has 29,495 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1979 as its year built. It is classed as office.
Is Sonido Building 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, “Sonido Building, Honolulu, Hawaii — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/honolulu/sonido-building-a8119c17 (data as of July 9, 2026).