In order to stay compliant, building owners and property managers need have an understanding of the City & County of Honolulu’s Better Buildings Benchmarking Program. Ordinance 22-17 requires buildings over 25,000 square feet to report their energy usage, water usage, and greenhouse gas emissions. The goal is to provide building owners and occupants with a clear understanding of their properties' performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and contribute to the city's objective of carbon neutrality by 2045.​

A bill currently working its way through Hawaii’s state legislature seeks to reduce fugitive emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by implementing a refrigerant management program in Hawaii. Fugitive emissions come from leaks and other unintended releases of gases instead of the combustion of fuels like gasoline.

If you haven’t already talked to your Oahu based clients about Ordinance 22-17 (Bill 22) you should start soon. The goal of the bill is to make building owners aware of the resources they consume and allow them to benchmark themselves against similar buildings.