A Look at Education Buildings
Are they on multibuilding complexes?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
How do they use natural gas?
Education buildings use 239 billion cubic feet (or 245 trillion Btu) of natural gas annually.
Almost all of this natural gas is used for space heating and water heating.
The natural gas intensity (for only buildings that use natural gas) in education buildings is 41.1 cubic feet per square foot, lower than the average for all commercial building types.
Small (1,001 to 5,000 square feet) education buildings use natural gas more intensively than larger education buildings.
Table 7: Natural gas consumption and cost by size category
On average, $0.19 per square foot is spent on natural gas in education buildings, less than the national average for natural gas usage in commercial buildings ($0.24 per square foot).
Continue: What types of equipment do they use?
Go to "How do they use natural gas?" 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:
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FAX:
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URL: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/consumptionbriefs/cbecs/pbawebsite/education/educ_howuseeng.htm
Release
date: August 2, 2000
File last modified:
January 3, 2001