Trends in Commercial Buildings and Floorspace
The addition of commercial buildings and floorspace from 1995 to 1999 continued the general trends noted since 1979 (Figures 1 and 2). The size of the commercial buildings has grown steadily over the twenty years of CBECS. Each year more buildings are added to the sector (new construction or conversion of pre-existing buildings to commercial activity) than are removed (demolition or conversion to non-commercial activity).
The definition for the commercial buildings population was changed for the 1995 CBECS which resulted in a slightly smaller buildings population and accounts for the data break in both Figures 1 and 2 (see report “Trends in the Commercial Buildings Sector” for complete details).
Figure 1. Total Commercial Buildings, 1979 to 1999
Energy Information AdministrationCommercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey
Figure 2. Total Commercial Floorspace, 1979 to 1999
Energy Information AdministrationCommercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey
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