Ward Kinau Apartments
Multifamily Housing in Honolulu, HI · 824 Kinau St, Honolulu
At a glance
Ward Kinau Apartments is a 50,002-square-foot multifamily housing building at 824 Kinau St, Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, built in 1974. In its 2025 Honolulu benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 37.6 kBtu/ft² and 382 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 37.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 382 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 524,941 kWh |
| Natural gas | 869 therms |
| Water use | 5,464 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 50,002 sq ft |
| Source record | honolulu:04QFJ1936256350:2025 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | 37.6 kBtu/ft² | 382 tCO₂e | |
| 2024 | 100 | 38.6 kBtu/ft² | 363 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
- 824 Kinau St, Honolulu
- City
- Honolulu
- State
- Hawaii
Within ~1 km
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How does Ward Kinau Apartments 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 37.6 kBtu/ft² is about 33% above the average of 28.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 50,002 sq ft, it is about 69% below the average floor area of 159,294 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 5 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 Ward Kinau Apartments's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 Honolulu disclosures for Ward Kinau Apartments, covering report years 2024–2025. Site EUI moved from 38.6 kBtu/ft² (2024) to 37.6 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 363 tCO₂e to 382 tCO₂e over the same span (up 5%).
What does a site EUI of 37.6 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. Ward Kinau Apartments's 37.6 kBtu/ft² across 50,002 sq ft works out to about 1.9 billion Btu (551 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 524,941 kWh of electricity, 869 therms of natural gas and 5,464 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Ward Kinau Apartments to report its energy use?
Ward Kinau Apartments 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:04QFJ1936256350:2025). 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 Ward Kinau Apartments's energy grade?
Ward Kinau Apartments did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 37.6 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Ward Kinau Apartments use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 37.6 kBtu/ft² across 50,002 sq ft, including 524,941 kWh of electricity and 869 therms of natural gas.
What are Ward Kinau Apartments's carbon emissions?
Ward Kinau Apartments reported 382 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.
Where is Ward Kinau Apartments?
Ward Kinau Apartments is at 824 Kinau St, Honolulu, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
How big is Ward Kinau Apartments and when was it built?
Ward Kinau Apartments has 50,002 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1974 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Ward Kinau Apartments 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, “Ward Kinau Apartments, Honolulu, Hawaii — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/honolulu/ward-kinau-apartments-fb748d7c (data as of July 9, 2026).