A Look at
CBECS
Building
Activities
Are they on multibuilding complexes?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
What types of equipment do they use?
How do they measure up on conservation efforts?
Summary Comparison Table
(All Activities)
HEALTH CARE BUILDINGS
There were an estimated 105,000 health care buildings in the U.S. in 1995.
In the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS), information for health care buildings is collected for both inpatient and outpatient health care, although these two categories are combined in most CBECS publications. This site provides further detail on these two categories.
Inpatient health care buildings include those that are used for diagnosis and treatment requiring overnight care, such as hospitals, psychiatric facilities, and rehabilitation centers. Twenty-one percent of health care buildings are inpatient.
Outpatient health care buildings include those that involve diagnosis and treatment in which services are not required overnight, such as dental clinics, emergency walk-in clinics, or veterinary clinics. Seventy-nine percent of health care buildings are outpatient.
Doctor's and dentist's offices are sometimes included in the outpatient health care category in the CBECS, however they may also be identified as an office building; the final classification is determined by the respondent.
A health care unit that is part of another building, such as a doctor's office on the first level of an apartment building, or a health unit in a dormitory, would not be included as a health care building because the building is not primarily used for health care.
In the CBECS, health care does not include nursing homes; these are included in "lodging" category. See Description of Building Types on the main CBECS page for a more detailed description.
- How large are they?
- How many employees are there?
- Where are they located?
- How old are they?
- Who owns and occupies them?
- Are they on multibuilding complexes?
- How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
- How do they use electricity?
- How do they use natural gas?
- What types of equipment do they use?
- How do they measure up on conservation efforts?
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/health/health_contents.htm
Release
date: September 11, 2000
File
last modified: January 3, 2001