Warehouse and Storage Buildings... While the idea of a warehouse may bring to mind a large building, in reality most warehouses were relatively small. Forty-four percent were between 1,001 and 5,000 square feet, and seventy percent were less than 10,000 square feet. Many warehouses were newer buildings. Twenty-five percent were built in the 1990s and almost fifty percent were constructed since 1980. Tables: Buildings and Size Data by Basic Characteristics Establishment, Employment, and Age Data by Characteristics Top

Number of Warehouse and Storage Buildings by Building Size Category Warehouse and Storage Buildings by Year Constructed

Equipment

Table: Buildings, Size, and Age Data by Equipment Types

Predominant Heating Equipment Types in Warehouse and Storage Buildings

Predominant Cooling Equipment Types in Warehouse and Storage Buildings

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Building respondents who reported that their building was a warehouse and storage building were then asked whether it was a refrigerated or non-refrigerated warehouse. Most all were non-refrigerated. Warehouse and storage buildings include "self-storage" buildings and distribution centers. Table: Selected Data by Type of Warehouse and Storage Building Top

Warehouse and Storage Buildings by Subcategory

Energy Use

Warehouse and storage buildings used 461 trillion Btu of total energy, which was 8 percent of total energy consumption for all commercial buildings, though they comprised 16 percent of total commercial floorspace. They had a low energy intensity—the third lowest of all commercial building types.
Tables: Consumption by Size and Type of Warehouse and Storage Building for: Sum of Major Fuels Electricity Natural Gas Fuel Oil Reference: What is a Btu?		Energy Consumption in Warehouse and Storage Buildings by Energy Source

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. Warehouse and storage buildings used 664 trillion Btu of primary electricity, so their total primary energy consumption was 905 trillion Btu, or 8 percent of total primary consumption for all commercial buildings.

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