A Look at Food Service Buildings
How old are they?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
How old are they?
The median age of food service buildings in the U.S. in 1995 was 22.5 years, which means that half of them were built before 1973 and half were built since 1973. Food service buildings are slightly newer than the stock of commercial buildings as a whole, for which the median age was 30.5 years.
The age of commercial buildings as a whole differs by Census region, but the pattern is somewhat different for food service buildings; those in the Northeast are much newer than all commercial buildings located in that region, and those in the Midwest are quite a bit older than all commercial buildings in that region.
Table 2: Number, size, and age of food service buildings by Census region and division
Table 3: Number, percent, and size of food service 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/foodserv/foodserv_howold.htm
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date: August 2, 2000
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last modified: January 3, 2001