A Look at Food Service Buildings
How large are they?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
How large are they?
The average food service building is 4,800 square feet, the second smallest building type.
There is 1.3 billion square feet of floorspace used for food service, which is 2 percent of all commercial floorspace in the U.S.
About three-fourths all food service buildings are less than 5,000 square feet; 92 percent are less than 10,000 square feet. About three-fourths also have only one floor.
The number of seats was collected for food service buildings. Eighty-eight percent of the sampled food service buildings reported this number, and for those buildings, the average is 110 seats per building. In small (1,001 to 5,000 square feet) food service buildings the average is 82 seats; in medium (5,001 to 50,000 square feet) food service buildings, the average is 175 seats."
Table 1: Number and percent of food service buildings by size category and number of floors
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Specific questions may be directed to:
Joelle Davis Michaels
joelle.michaels@eia.doe.gov
CBECS Manager
URL: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/consumptionbriefs/cbecs/pbawebsite/foodserv/foodserv_howlarge.htm
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date: August 2, 2000
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last modified: January 3, 2001