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533 S LOS ANGELES ST

Other in Los Angeles, CA · 90013

At a glance

533 S LOS ANGELES ST is a 81,411-square-foot other building in Los Angeles, California, built in 1926. In its 2025 Los Angeles benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 9.5 kBtu/ft² and 44 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2025
Site EUI
9.5
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
44
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
—
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
81,411
sq ft
Year built
1926
vintage

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

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI9.5 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI26.7 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions44 tCO₂e
GHG intensity—
Water use36 kgal
Gross floor area81,411 sq ft
Source recordla:486354838971:2025

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2025latest—9.5 kBtu/ft²44 tCO₂e
2024—11.9 kBtu/ft²65 tCO₂e
2023—11.4 kBtu/ft²66 tCO₂e
2022—13.4 kBtu/ft²75 tCO₂e
2021—13.1 kBtu/ft²64 tCO₂e
2020—10.9 kBtu/ft²54 tCO₂e
2019—11.9 kBtu/ft²59 tCO₂e
2018———
2017—9.2 kBtu/ft²57 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

533 South Los Angeles Investment, LLC

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Location

Address
533 S LOS ANGELES ST
State
California
ZIP
90013

Within ~1 km

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How does 533 S LOS ANGELES ST compare with other other buildings in Los Angeles?

The latest disclosures cover 114 other buildings in Los Angeles, out of 11,498 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 9.5 kBtu/ft² is about 77% below the average of 41.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 81,411 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 81,645 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1926, 38 years earlier than the group's average year built (1964). 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.

How has 533 S LOS ANGELES ST's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Los Angeles disclosures for 533 S LOS ANGELES ST, covering report years 2017–2025. Site EUI moved from 9.2 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 9.5 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 57 tCO₂e to 44 tCO₂e over the same span (down 22%).

What does a site EUI of 9.5 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. 533 S LOS ANGELES ST's 9.5 kBtu/ft² across 81,411 sq ft works out to about 0.8 billion Btu (227 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 26.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 36 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 533 S LOS ANGELES ST to report its energy use?

533 S LOS ANGELES ST 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:486354838971:2025). 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 533 S LOS ANGELES ST's energy grade?

533 S LOS ANGELES ST did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 9.5 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does 533 S LOS ANGELES ST use?

Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 9.5 kBtu/ft² (26.7 kBtu/ft² source) across 81,411 sq ft.

What are 533 S LOS ANGELES ST's carbon emissions?

533 S LOS ANGELES ST reported 44 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.

Where is 533 S LOS ANGELES ST?

533 S LOS ANGELES ST is in Los Angeles, California 90013.

How big is 533 S LOS ANGELES ST and when was it built?

533 S LOS ANGELES ST has 81,411 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1926 as its year built. It is classed as other.

Is 533 S LOS ANGELES ST 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, “533 S LOS ANGELES ST, Los Angeles, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/los-angeles/533-s-los-angeles-st-a4fbd918 (data as of October 2, 2026).