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8745 VARIEL AVE

Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles, CA · 91304

At a glance

8745 VARIEL AVE is a 27,162-square-foot multifamily housing building in Los Angeles, California, built in 1981. In its 2025 Los Angeles benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 2.5 kBtu/ft² and 4 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2025
Site EUI
2.5
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
4
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
—
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
27,162
sq ft
Year built
1981
vintage

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

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI2.5 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI6.9 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions4 tCO₂e
GHG intensity—
Water use2 kgal
Gross floor area27,162 sq ft
Source recordla:382386906689:2025

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2025latest—2.5 kBtu/ft²4 tCO₂e
2024—2.7 kBtu/ft²5 tCO₂e
2023—2.8 kBtu/ft²6 tCO₂e
2022—2.1 kBtu/ft²4 tCO₂e
2021—3.3 kBtu/ft²6 tCO₂e
2020—2.2 kBtu/ft²4 tCO₂e
2019—2.4 kBtu/ft²4 tCO₂e
2018—2.5 kBtu/ft²5 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

Conservice, LLC

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Location

Address
8745 VARIEL AVE
State
California
ZIP
91304

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How does 8745 VARIEL AVE compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Los Angeles?

The latest disclosures cover 3,538 multifamily housing buildings in Los Angeles, out of 11,498 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 2.5 kBtu/ft² is about 93% below the average of 37.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 27,162 sq ft, it is about 55% below the average floor area of 60,540 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1981, 6 years later than the group's average year built (1975). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has 8745 VARIEL AVE's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Los Angeles disclosures for 8745 VARIEL AVE, covering report years 2018–2025. Site EUI moved from 2.5 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 2.5 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 0% increase. Reported emissions went from 5 tCO₂e to 4 tCO₂e over the same span (down 19%).

What does a site EUI of 2.5 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. 8745 VARIEL AVE's 2.5 kBtu/ft² across 27,162 sq ft works out to about 0.1 billion Btu (20 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 6.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 8745 VARIEL AVE to report its energy use?

8745 VARIEL 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:382386906689:2025). 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 8745 VARIEL AVE's energy grade?

8745 VARIEL AVE did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 2.5 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does 8745 VARIEL AVE use?

Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 2.5 kBtu/ft² (6.9 kBtu/ft² source) across 27,162 sq ft.

What are 8745 VARIEL AVE's carbon emissions?

8745 VARIEL AVE reported 4 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2025.

Where is 8745 VARIEL AVE?

8745 VARIEL AVE is in Los Angeles, California 91304.

How big is 8745 VARIEL AVE and when was it built?

8745 VARIEL AVE has 27,162 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1981 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.

Is 8745 VARIEL 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, “8745 VARIEL AVE, Los Angeles, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/los-angeles/8745-variel-ave-b5ca4ede (data as of October 2, 2026).