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Sum of Major Fuel Consumption by Size and Type of Mercantile Building
Total (trillion Btu)
per Building (million Btu)
per Square Foot (thousand Btu)
Dollars per Million Btu
 
All Mercantile Buildings
724
1,085
69.6
18.08
 
Building Floorspace
(Square Feet)
Small (1,001 to 5,000)
102
322
110.1
18.95
Medium (5,001 to 50,000)
288
916
68.9
17.92
Large (Over 50,000)
334
9,119
63.1
17.94
 
Building Activity Subcategory
Auto Dealership/Showroom
27
471
64
16.19
Enclosed Mall
74
26,525
43.7
18.48
Other Retail
Q
Q
Q
Q
Retail Store
266
682
67.6
16.42
Strip Shopping Center
306
2,346
77.6
18.94

Electricity Consumption by Size and Type of Mercantile Building
Total (billion kWh)
per Building (thousand kWh)
per Square Foot (kWh)
Dollars per Hundred kWh
 
All Mercantile Buildings
153
229
14.7
7.76
 
Building Floorspace
(Square Feet)
Small (1,001 to 5,000)
17
55
18.9
9.52
Medium (5,001 to 50,000)
53
169
12.7
8.49
Large (Over 50,000)
82
2,243
15.5
6.91
 
Building Activity Subcategory
Auto Dealership/Showroom
4
77
10.4
8.36
Enclosed Mall
18
6,666
11
7.04
Other Retail
Q
Q
Q
Q
Retail Store
50
127
12.6
7.61
Strip Shopping Center
70
533
17.6
7.74

Natural Gas Consumption by Size and Type of Mercantile Building
Total (billion cubic feet)
per Building (thousand cubic feet)
per Square Foot (cubic feet)
Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet
 
All Mercantile Buildings
180
411
22.9
6.24
 
Building Floorspace
(Square Feet)
Small (1,001 to 5,000)
37
193
62.4
6.29
Medium (5,001 to 50,000)
93
422
31.1
6.33
Large (Over 50,000)
51
1,785
11.8
6.04
 
Building Activity Subcategory
Auto Dealership/Showroom
Q
Q
Q
Q
Enclosed Mall
9
4,882
5.8
5.77
Other Retail
Q
Q
Q
Q
Retail Store
81
315
27.7
6.24
Strip Shopping Center
65
738
23.1
6.24
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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