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Natural Gas Use

Total Natural Gas Consumption by Building Type

• Commercial buildings in the U.S. used a total of approximately 2.0 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in 1999.
• Natural gas use was not dominated by any single activity, with seven activities each accounting for between 9 and 13 percent of all commercial natural gas use.
  
  

Natural Gas Consumption per Building by Building Type

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

Natural Gas Consumption per Square Foot by Building Type

• Food service, service, and inpatient health care buildings were the most intensive users of natural gas.
  

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