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Electricity Use

Total Electricity Consumption by Building Type

• Commercial buildings in the U.S. used a total of approximately 908 billion kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity in 1999.
• Office and mercantile buildings used the most total electricity. Both of these building types used electricity as their predominant energy source.
  

Electricity Consumption per Building by Building Type

• Inpatient health care buildings used by far the most electricity per building.
  

Electricity Consumption per Square Foot by Building Type

• Food sales buildings had the highest electricity intensity.
  

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