A Look at Office Buildings - Table 4: Major Fuel Consumption

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How much energy do they use and how much does it cost?

OFFICE BUILDINGS
Table 4: Major fuel consumption and cost by size category

	Sum of Major Fuels
	Consumption			Cost
	Total (trillion Btu)	per Building (million Btu)	per Square Foot (thousand Btu)	per million Btu (dollars)

All Office Buildings	1,019	1,445	97.2	15.56

Building Floorspace Category
Small	95	233	87.2	16.40
Medium	313	1,198	82.6	17.06
Large	611	16,047	109.0	14.66

Small buildings = 1,001 to 5,000 square feet
Medium buildings = 5,001 to 50,000 square feet
Large buildings = Over 50,000 square feet

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

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/office/office_tablemajfuelsize.htm

Release date: September 11, 2000
File last modified: January 3, 2001