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Honolulu Better Buildings Benchmarking (Ordinance 22-17)
Honolulu's Better Buildings Benchmarking ordinance (Ordinance 22-17) requires annual energy benchmarking for buildings 25,000 sq ft and larger, filed via an ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager data request, due June 30, with Hawaiian Electric and Hawaii Gas providing aggregated utility data. Early compliance cohorts had their deadlines extended to Sept 30.
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Filing deadline
Jun 30
Annually, for the prior calendar year
- City fee
- No city fee on file.
- Files via
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager — you respond to the jurisdiction’s data request.
Filing facts
What the registry knows
- Who’s covered
- Buildings 25,000 sq ft or larger.
- Deadline
- Jun 30, annually
Early compliance cohorts were extended to Sept 30; the standing annual deadline is June 30.
- Files via
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager — you respond to the jurisdiction’s data request.
- City fee
- No city fee on file.
- If you miss it
- ROH Sec. 16C-1.5: after a notice of violation with a 60-day cure window, the director of planning and permitting may order a civil fine not to exceed $1,000 plus $100 per day for each day the benchmarking information remains unreported, with total civil fines capped at $5,000 per facility per reporting year.
How to comply
Step by step
Confirm the building is 25,000 sq ft or larger within the City and County of Honolulu.
Benchmark the building in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager with an "Oʻahu" Standard ID, and enroll with Hawaiian Electric and/or Hawaii Gas for aggregated whole-building utility data.
Respond to the city's ESPM data request before June 30 (note that early compliance cohorts received an extension to Sept 30, which may not apply to current filers).
FAQ
Common questions
Why does the ESPM Standard ID for Honolulu say "Oʻahu" instead of "Honolulu"?
The City and County of Honolulu is coextensive with the island of Oʻahu, and ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager's own Standard ID dropdown lists this jurisdiction as "Oʻahu" rather than "Honolulu" — use the exact ESPM label when setting the property's Standard ID.
Is June 30 a firm deadline for every Honolulu building?
It is the standing annual deadline, but early compliance cohorts (when the ordinance first phased in) received an extension to Sept 30 — confirm which applies to a specific building's current cycle.
Want Honolulu Better Buildings Benchmarking (Ordinance 22-17) handled for you?
Run the compliance checker to confirm this program actually applies to your building, then join our early-access waitlist — we’re onboarding buildings city by city and will email you the moment we’re filing in your jurisdiction.
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