Hawaiʻi Gas is committed to supporting Honolulu City Council Ordinance 22-17, also known as Better Buildings Benchmarking, which was signed into law by Mayor Rick Blangiardi in July 2022. The program will require all large commercial and multi-family buildings to benchmark and report their energy and water usage annually. Buildings 100,000 square feet or larger were the first covered properties to report by June 30, 2023. Buildings 50,000 square feet or larger must report by June 30, 2024, and buildings 25,000 square feet or larger by June 30, 2025.
To comply, your building’s detailed property information and a year’s worth of the previous year’s calendar data for electric, gas, and water usage, must be submitted on the free
EPA ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager (ESPM) account. For more information regarding the program requirements, go to the
City's website.
Better Buildings Benchmarking is the process of measuring a building's consumption of energy and water over time. Regular benchmarking allows building owners and tenants to understand their building's energy and water use and identify opportunities to cut waste and save money.
Upon request, Hawaiʻi Gas will provide building owners of Covered Properties on Oʻahu with aggregated whole-building energy consumption data so that they can, in turn, report their gas usage.
