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  • Inpatient health care buildings had the highest incidence of conservation features among all building types.
  • For almost all building types, at least half of the buildings reported having a regularly scheduled maintenance program for the heating and/or cooling equipment.

Reference: Definitions of Conservation Features

Number of Buildings With Conservation Features by Building Type
 
Number of Buildings (thousand)
 
All Buildings
Variable Air-Volume System
Economizer Cycle
HVAC Maintenance
Energy Management and Control System (EMCS)
Specular Reflector
Electronic Ballasts
 
All Buildings
4,657
550
567
2,786
460
843
2,167
 
Principal Building Activity              
Education
327
53
76
262
112
75
208
Food Sales
174
Q
42
127
6
Q
108
Food Service
349
68
57
233
Q
72
177
Health Care
127
35
15
96
17
26
69
—Inpatient
11
6
4
11
5
7
10
—Outpatient
116
29
11
85
12
19
59
Lodging
153
26
18
104
21
26
79
Mercantile
667
51
72
387
47
161
355
—Retail (Other Than Mall)
534
40
47
292
38
124
267
—Enclosed and Strip Malls
133
11
25
95
9
37
88
Office
739
142
146
557
102
178
408
Public Assembly
305
53
45
215
42
37
113
Public Order and Safety
72
Q
8
46
8
Q
36
Religious Worship
307
17
14
171
7
28
93
Service
478
Q
27
273
28
118
240
Other
603
38
28
201
10
53
203
Warehouse and Storage
102
Q
8
74
Q
14
54
Vacant
253
Q
Q
40
Q
Q
Q
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled.
Source: Energy Information Administration, 1999 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.

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Percent of Buildings With Conservation Features by Building Activity
 
Percent of Buildings
 
Variable Air-Volume System
Economizer Cycle
HVAC Maintenance
Energy Management and Control System (EMCS)
Specular Reflector
Electronic Ballasts
 
All Buildings
12
12
60
10
18
47
 
Principal Building Activate            
Education
16
23
80
34
23
64
Food Sales
Q
24
73
3
Q
62
Food Service
20
16
67
Q
21
51
Health Care
27
12
75
14
21
55
—Inpatient
50
40
99
48
63
90
—Outpatient
25
9
73
Q
16
51
Lodging
17
12
68
14
17
51
Mercantile
8
11
58
7
24
53
—Retail (Other Than Mall)
7
9
55
7
23
50
—Enclosed and Strip Malls
8
18
71
7
28
66
Office
19
20
75
14
24
55
Public Assembly
17
15
70
14
12
37
Public Order and Safety
Q
10
64
11
33
50
Religious Worship
6
5
56
2
9
30
Service
Q
6
57
6
25
50
Other
6
5
33
2
9
34
Warehouse and Storage
Q
Q
73
Q
13
53
Vacant
Q
Q
16
Q
Q
Q
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled.
Source: Energy Information Administration, 1999 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.

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