YWCA Laniakea
Other in Honolulu, HI · 1040 Richards St, Honolulu
At a glance
YWCA Laniakea is a 54,408-square-foot other building at 1040 Richards St, Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, built in 1927. In its 2025 Honolulu benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 39.9 kBtu/ft² and 408 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Ordinance 22-17 (City & County of Honolulu) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 39.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 408 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 587,904 kWh |
| Natural gas | 1,628 therms |
| Water use | 1,019 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 54,408 sq ft |
| Source record | honolulu:04QFJ1825856640:2025 |
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
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Location
- Address
- 1040 Richards St, Honolulu
- City
- Honolulu
- State
- Hawaii
Within ~1 km
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How does YWCA Laniakea compare with other other buildings in Honolulu?
The latest disclosures cover 13 other buildings in Honolulu, out of 799 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 39.9 kBtu/ft² is about 42% below the average of 68.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 54,408 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 106,317 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1927, 50 years earlier than the group's average year built (1977). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,327 other buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 60 and a site EUI of 63.3 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 39.9 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. YWCA Laniakea's 39.9 kBtu/ft² across 54,408 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (636 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. The disclosure also reports 587,904 kWh of electricity, 1,628 therms of natural gas and 1,019 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires YWCA Laniakea to report its energy use?
YWCA Laniakea 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:04QFJ1825856640:2025). 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 YWCA Laniakea's energy grade?
YWCA Laniakea did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 39.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does YWCA Laniakea use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 39.9 kBtu/ft² across 54,408 sq ft, including 587,904 kWh of electricity and 1,628 therms of natural gas.
What are YWCA Laniakea's carbon emissions?
YWCA Laniakea reported 408 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.
Where is YWCA Laniakea?
YWCA Laniakea is at 1040 Richards St, Honolulu, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
How big is YWCA Laniakea and when was it built?
YWCA Laniakea has 54,408 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1927 as its year built. It is classed as other.
Is YWCA Laniakea 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, “YWCA Laniakea, Honolulu, Hawaii — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/honolulu/ywca-laniakea-6eb93d3f (data as of July 9, 2026).