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Characteristics
by Activity...
Service
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Service
buildings are those in which some type of service is provided, other than
food service or retail sales of goods.
Basic Characteristics
[ See also: Equipment | Activity
Subcategories | Energy Use
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Buildings...
- Most service buildings were small, with almost
ninety percent between 1,001 and 10,000 square feet.
Tables:
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Number
of Service Buildings by Predominant Building Size Category |
Equipment
Table: Buildings,
Size, and Age Data by Equipment Types
Predominant
Heating Equipment Types in Service Buildings
Predominant
Cooling Equipment Types in Service Buildings
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Activity
Subcategories
Building
respondents who reported that their building was a service building
were then asked to place the building into the following more specific
categories:
- an auto
service or auto repair shop
- a beauty
parlor or barber shop
- a car wash
- a copy center
- a dry cleaner
or laundromat
- a gas station
- a kennel
- a photo
processing shop
- a post office
or postal center
- a repair
shop
- some other
type of service
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Service
Buildings by Subcategory |
There were enough buildings
in the responding sample to report statistics for auto service/auto repair
shops, dry cleaners/laundromats, post offices/postal centers, and repair
shops. The rest of the service activities have been combined into the other
service category.
Table: Selected
Data by Type of Service Building
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Energy
Use
Service
buildings used 421 trillion Btu of total energy, which was 7 percent
of total energy consumption for all commercial buildings. They
comprised 5 percent of commercial floorspace, which means that their
total energy intensity was above the commercial average.
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Service buildings were one of the building types that used a significant
amount of fuel oil, and they were among the most intensive fuel
oil users.
Tables:
Reference:
What is a Btu?
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Energy Consumption in Service Buildings by Energy Source
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The
total energy consumption data in the figures and tables above are “site
energy,” which includes only the amount of electricity consumed
within the building; energy use can also be expressed as “primary
energy,” which includes the energy consumed during the generation
and transmission of electricity.
Service buildings used 417 trillion Btu of primary electricity, so their
total primary energy consumption was 700 trillion Btu, or 6 percent of
total primary consumption for all commercial buildings.
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Specific questions may be directed to:
Joelle Michaels
joelle.michaels@eia.doe.gov
CBECS Manager
Phone: (202) 586-8952
FAX: (202) 586-0018
Release date: July 24, 2002
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