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1825 S VERMONT AVE

Strip Mall in Los Angeles, CA · 90006

At a glance

1825 S VERMONT AVE is a 23,759-square-foot strip mall building in Los Angeles, California, built in 1988. In its 2025 Los Angeles benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 32.0 kBtu/ft² and 43 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2025
Site EUI
32.0
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
43
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
—
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
23,759
sq ft
Year built
1988
vintage

LA Municipal Code Div. 97, §91.9701 (EBEWE) · reporting year 2025

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI32.0 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI83.8 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions43 tCO₂e
GHG intensity—
Water use484 kgal
Gross floor area23,759 sq ft
Source recordla:473167837311:2025

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2025latest—32.0 kBtu/ft²43 tCO₂e
2024—64.1 kBtu/ft²100 tCO₂e
2023—51.1 kBtu/ft²85 tCO₂e
2022—66.7 kBtu/ft²108 tCO₂e
2021—50.0 kBtu/ft²81 tCO₂e
2020—40.5 kBtu/ft²72 tCO₂e
2019—56.5 kBtu/ft²81 tCO₂e
2018—60.2 kBtu/ft²94 tCO₂e

Compliance context

LA Municipal Code Div. 97, §91.9701 (EBEWE)

EBEWE requires annual benchmarking plus audits/retro-commissioning every five years for privately owned buildings of 20,000 sq ft or more; non-compliance carries a $202 fee (LAMC §91.9712) plus possible late fees.

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Ownership

Vert Energy Group, Inc.

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Location

Address
1825 S VERMONT AVE
State
California
ZIP
90006

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How does 1825 S VERMONT AVE compare with other strip mall buildings in Los Angeles?

The latest disclosures cover 98 strip mall buildings in Los Angeles, out of 11,498 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 32.0 kBtu/ft² is about 62% below the average of 84.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 23,759 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 61,711 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1988, 12 years later than the group's average year built (1976). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,607 strip mall buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 83.1 kBtu/ft².

How has 1825 S VERMONT AVE's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Los Angeles disclosures for 1825 S VERMONT AVE, covering report years 2018–2025. Site EUI moved from 60.2 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 32.0 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 47% decrease. Reported emissions went from 94 tCO₂e to 43 tCO₂e over the same span (down 54%).

What does a site EUI of 32.0 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. 1825 S VERMONT AVE's 32.0 kBtu/ft² across 23,759 sq ft works out to about 0.8 billion Btu (223 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 83.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 484 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1825 S VERMONT AVE to report its energy use?

1825 S VERMONT AVE reports under LA Municipal Code Div. 97, §91.9701 (EBEWE), the legal basis of Los Angeles's Existing Buildings Energy & Water Efficiency (EBEWE) program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2025 disclosure (source record la:473167837311:2025). EBEWE requires annual benchmarking plus audits/retro-commissioning every five years for privately owned buildings of 20,000 sq ft or more; non-compliance carries a $202 fee (LAMC §91.9712) plus possible late fees.

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Frequently asked questions

What is 1825 S VERMONT AVE's energy grade?

1825 S VERMONT AVE did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 32.0 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does 1825 S VERMONT AVE use?

Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 32.0 kBtu/ft² (83.8 kBtu/ft² source) across 23,759 sq ft.

What are 1825 S VERMONT AVE's carbon emissions?

1825 S VERMONT AVE reported 43 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.

Where is 1825 S VERMONT AVE?

1825 S VERMONT AVE is in Los Angeles, California 90006.

How big is 1825 S VERMONT AVE and when was it built?

1825 S VERMONT AVE has 23,759 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1988 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.

Is 1825 S VERMONT AVE covered by LA Municipal Code Div. 97, §91.9701 (EBEWE)?

Yes — it appears in the 2025 Existing Buildings Energy & Water Efficiency (EBEWE) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under LA Municipal Code Div. 97, §91.9701 (EBEWE).

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About this data

Source: Existing Buildings Energy & Water Efficiency (EBEWE) (LA Municipal Code Div. 97, §91.9701 (EBEWE)), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: BuildingCensus, “1825 S VERMONT AVE, Los Angeles, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/los-angeles/1825-s-vermont-ave-9ccd59f3 (data as of October 2, 2026).