A Look at Food Service Buildings
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
How do they use natural gas?
How do they use natural gas?
Food service buildings use 154 billion cubic feet (or 158 trillion Btu) of natural gas annually.
Not suprisingly, the majority of this natural gas is used for cooking.
The natural gas intensity (for only buildings that use natural gas) in food service buildings is 153.5 cubic feet per square foot, the highest of all commercial building types. Small (1,001 to 5,000 square feet) food service buildings use natural gas even more intensively.
Table 6: Natural gas consumption and cost by size category
On average, $0.85 per square foot is spent on natural gas in food service buildings, over three times 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/foodserv/foodserv_howuseng.htm
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date: August 2, 2000
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