A Look at Health Care Buildings
How old are they?
Are they on multibuilding complexes?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
How old are they?
The median age of health care buildings in the U.S. in 1995 was 23.5 years, which means that half of them were built before 1972 and half were built since 1972. Health care buildings are newer than the stock of commercial buildings as a whole, for which the median age was 30.5 years. The median age for inpatient health care was 24.5 years and for outpatient health was 21.5 years.
The age of commercial buildings as a whole differs by Census region, but the pattern is a bit different for health care buildings; those in the Midwest and Northeast are a bit older than all commercial buildings in that region, and those in the South and West are quite a bit newer.
Table 2: Number, size and age of health care buildings by Census region and division
About one-third of all health care buildings were built in the 1970's.
Table 3: Number, percent, and size of health care 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
URL: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/consumptionbriefs/cbecs/pbawebsite/health/health_howold.htm
Release
date: September 11, 2000
File
last modified: January 3, 2001