A Look at Education Buildings
How old are they?
Are they on multibuilding complexes?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
How old are they?
The median age of education buildings in the U.S. in 1995 was 33.5 years, which means that half of them were built before 1962 and half were built since 1962. Education buildings are slightly older than the stock of commercial buildings as a whole, for which the median age was 30.5 years.
The age of education buildings by region is not very different than the age of all commercial buildings by region, except for in the South, where education buildings are much newer than commercial buildings as a whole.
The size of education buildings seems to decrease for newer buildings, possibly because of the increase in the number of small mobile classroom units (see "Where are they located?").
Table 3: Number, percent, and size of education buildings by year constructed category
Continue: Who owns and occupies them?
Go to "How old are they?" for other building types:
- Office
- Education
- Health Care
- Retail and Service
- Food Service
Specific questions may be directed to:
Joelle Davis Michaels
joelle.michaels@eia.doe.gov
CBECS Manager
Phone:
(202) 586-8952
FAX:
(202) 586-0018
URL: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/consumptionbriefs/cbecs/pbawebsite/education/educ_howold.htm
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date: August 2, 2000
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