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Sum of Major Fuel Consumption by Size and Type of Office Building
Total (trillion Btu)
per Building (million Btu)
per Square Foot (thousand Btu)
Dollars per Million Btu
 
All Office Buildings
1,089
1,475
90.5
16.32
 
Building Floorspace
(Square Feet)
Small (1,001 to 5,000)
94
224
77.9
17.94
Medium (5,001 to 50,000)
274
1,019
73.2
17.47
Large (Over 50,000)
721
14,848
101.7
15.67
 
Building Activity Subcategory
Admin./Professional Office
759
1,509
84.3
16.5
Bank/Financial Institution
98
768
99.9
20.61
Doctor/Dentist Office
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Office
140
4,288
114
14.06
Other Office
Q
Q
Q
Q

Electricity Consumption by Size and Type of Office Building
Total (billion kWh)
per Building (thousand kWh)
per Square Foot (kWh)
Dollars per Hundred kWh
 
All Office Buildings
225
304
18.7
6.98
 
Building Floorspace
(Square Feet)
Small (1,001 to 5,000)
18
42
14.5
8.37
Medium (5,001 to 50,000)
53
199
14.3
7.83
Large (Over 50,000)
154
3,164
21.7
6.53
 
Building Activity Subcategory
Admin./Professional Office
157
311
17.4
7.07
Bank/Financial Institution
23
181
23.6
8.13
Doctor/Dentist Office
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Office
27
818
21.7
6.26
Other Office
10
Q
27.2
5.67

Natural Gas Consumption by Size and Type of Office Building
Total (billion cubic feet)
per Building (thousand cubic feet)
per Square Foot (cubic feet)
Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet
 
All Office Buildings
213
472
29
5.7
 
Building Floorspace
(Square Feet)
Small (1,001 to 5,000)
28
113
39.5
6.7
Medium (5,001 to 50,000)
72
411
31.1
6.4
Large (Over 50,000)
113
3,687
26.2
5.01
 
Building Activity Subcategory
Admin./Professional Office
150
461
27.8
5.65
Bank/Financial Institution
14
258
26.9
6.97
Doctor/Dentist Office
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Office
26
1,346
34
4.95
Other Office
Q
Q
Q
Q

Fuel Oil Consumption by Size and Type of Office Building
Total (million gallons)
per Building (gallons)
per Square Foot (gallons)
Dollars per Gallon
 
All Office Buildings
213
2,418
0.05
0.79
 
Building Floorspace
(Square Feet)
Small (1,001 to 5,000)
Q
Q
Q
Q
Medium (5,001 to 50,000)
60
1,946
0.14
0.82
Large (Over 50,000)
113
7,305
0.03
0.71
 
Building Activity Subcategory
Admin./Professional Office
159
2,377
0.05
0.79
Bank/Financial Institution
Q
1,143
0.07
Q
Doctor/Dentist Office
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Office
29
Q
0.06
0.72
Other Office
Q
Q
Q
Q

District Heat Consumption by Size and Type of Office Building
Total (trillion Btu)
per Building (million Btu)
per Square Foot (thousand Btu)
Dollars per Million Btu
 
All Office Buildings
74
3,655
48.15
9.59
 
Building Floorspace
(Square Feet)
Small (1,001 to 5,000)
Q
Q
Q
Q
Medium (5,001 to 50,000)
Q
Q
Q
Q
Large (Over 50,000)
64
11,417
48.51
9.61
 
Building Activity Subcategory
Admin./Professional Office
49
2,912
44.16
10
Bank/Financial Institution
Q
Q
Q
Q
Doctor/Dentist Office
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Office
Q
Q
Q
Q
Other Office
Q
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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