A Look at Health Care Buildings
Are they on multibuilding complexes?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
How do they use natural gas?
How do they use natural gas?
Health care buildings use 252 billion cubic feet (or 258 trillion Btu) of natural gas annually.
The majority of this natural gas is used for space heating and water heating, with some also used for cooking and other uses.
The natural gas intensity (for only buildings that use natural gas) in health care buildings is 143.0 cubic feet per square foot, much higher than the average for all commercial building types.
Inpatient health care buildings use natural gas more intensively than outpatient health care buildings.
Table 6: Natural gas consumption and cost by type of health care and size category
On average, $0.48 per square foot is spent on natural gas in health care buildings, twice as much as 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
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date: September 11, 2000
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