A Look at
CBECS
Building
Activities
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
What types of equipment do they use?
How do they measure up on conservation efforts?
Summary Comparison Table
(All Activities)
RETAIL AND SERVICE BUILDINGS
There were an estimated 1,289,000 retail and service buildings in the U.S. in 1995.
In the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS), information is collected separately for service buildings, enclosed malls, strip shopping centers, and retail buildings other than malls. In most CBECS publications, these types are all grouped into one category; where possible, this profile will look at each of these separately.
Service buildings are those such as dry cleaners, car washes, gas stations, service centers, and post offices. Almost half (45 percent) of the retail and service category are service buildings.
Strip malls are groups of connected stores which are entered from the outside, while enclosed malls are groups of connected stores with an interior common area from which the stores can be entered. Ten percent of retail and service buildings are strip malls, while only one percent are enclosed malls. Sometimes there is insufficient data to separate the enclosed and strip malls, so in these cases the two building types have been combined into an "all malls" category.
Retail other than malls include buildings such as department stores, automobile showrooms, drugstores, building material supply stores, and wholesale shopping clubs.
See Description of Building Types on the main CBECS page for a more detailed description of these building types.
- How large are they?
- How many employees are there?
- Where are they located?
- How old are they?
- Who owns and occupies them?
- How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
- How do they use electricity?
- How do they use natural gas?
- What types of equipment do they use?
- How do they measure up on conservation efforts?
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/retailserv/retserv_contents.htm
Release
date: September 11, 2000
File last modified:
January 3, 2001