A Look at Office Buildings
Who owns and occupies them?
Are they on multibuilding complexes?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
Who owns and occupies them?
Government vs. Nongovernment
Only 8 percent of office buildings are government-owned and most of these are owned by local governments.
Government-owned office buildings are larger than nongovernment-owned office buildings (an average of 23.6 thousand square feet per building vs. 14.1 thousand square feet per building).
Owner Occupied vs. Nonowner Occupied
Buildings that are "owner occupied" are those where the owner or the owner's business is present in the building. For example, an office center that is entirely rented out to individual businesses would not be considered to be owner occupied.
Of the 650 thousand nongovernment office buildings, 83 percent are owner occupied. Most government office buildings are owner occupied (94 percent).
Nonowner occupied office buildings are larger than owner occupied office buildings (21.1 thousand square feet per building vs. 13.7 thousand square feet per building).
Continue: Are they on multibuilding complexes?
Go to "Who owns and occupies them?" for other building types:
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/office/office_whoownocc.htm
Release
date: September 11, 2000
File last modified:
January 3, 2001