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Table 7:  Number and percent of health care buildings (all and inpatient) by heating, cooling, and lighting equipment types

  Number of All Health Care Buildings (thousand) Percent of  All Health Care Buildings Number of Inpatient Health Care Buildings (thousand) Percent of Inpatient Health Care Buildings
All Buildings 105 100 22 100
     
Heating Equipment *     
Heat Pumps 19 18 1 3
Furnaces 27 26 Q Q
Individual Space Heaters 20 19 2 8
District Heat 4 4 4 16
Boilers 23 22 18 80
Packaged Heating Units 32 31 2 9
 
Main Heating Equipment
Heat Pumps Q Q Q Q
Furnaces Q Q Q Q
Individual Space Heaters Q Q Q Q
District Heat 4 4 4 16
Boilers 22 21 17 77
Packaged Heating Units 27 26 Q Q
 
Cooling Equipment *
Residential-Type Central A/C 32 30 Q Q
Heat Pumps 19 18 1 3
Individual A/C 38 36 Q Q
District Chilled Water 2 2 2 8
Central Chillers 9 9 6 27
Packaged A/C Units 36 34 5 24
Swamp Coolers Q Q Q Q
 
Main Cooling Equipment
Residential-Type Central A/C Q Q Q Q
Heat Pumps Q Q Q Q
Individual A/C Q Q Q Q
District Chilled Water 2 2 2 8
Central Chillers 9 8 5 25
Packaged A/C Units 21 20 Q Q
Swamp Coolers Q Q Q Q
 
Lighting Equipment*
Incandescent 81 78 19 86
Standard Fluorescent 99 94 22 100
Compact Fluorescent 27 26 8 37
High Intensity Discharge Q Q 2 9
Halogen Q Q 3 14

* More than one may apply.
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or data were reported for fewer than 20 buildings.
Note:  Outpatient health care buildings were not included because too many cells contained "Q".

Source:  Energy Information Administration, 
1995 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.



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