A Look at Retail and Service Buildings
Who owns and occupies them?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
Who owns and occupies them?
Owner Occupied vs. Nonowner Occupied
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Source: Energy Information Administration, 1995 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey. | |
Buildings that are "owner occupied" are those where the owner or the owner's business is present in the building. For example, a mall that is entirely rented out to individual stores would not be considered to be owner occupied.
For retail and service buildings as a whole, 77 percent are owner occupied. Malls are much less likely to be owner occupied than are other types of retail and service buildings.
Government vs. Nongovernment
For retail and service as a whole, only 4 percent of buildings are government-owned. Virtually all of these are service buildings rather than retail (post offices are considered service in the CBECS). Nine percent of service buildings are government-owned.
Only 16 percent of retail and service buildings are part of a multibuilding campus or complex (two or more buildings on the same site, owned or operated by a single organization, business or individual, such as a university campus or hospital complex).
Continue: How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
Go to "Who owns and occupies them?" for other building types:
- Office
- Education
- Health Care
- Retail and Service
- Food Service
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_whoownocc.htm
Release
date: September 11, 2000
File last modified:
January 3, 2001