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U.S. Commercial Buildings Energy Intensity


Released Date: December 2004
Page Last Modified: Jan 2007


 
Table 8a. U.S. Commercial Buildings Energy Intensity Using Weather-Adjusted Site Energy1 by Census Region and Principal Building Activity, 1992-1995
(Million Btu per Building)
Principal Building Activity
and Census Region
Survey Years
19922
1995
U.S. Total
2,230
2,267
  Education
3,821
3,357
  Food Sales
2,829
2,728
  Food Service 
2,410
2,307
  Health Care
11,398
9,261
  Lodging
5,589
5,218
  Mercantile and Service
1,422
1,513
  Office
3,597
3,307
  Public Assembly
2,407
2,378
  Public Order and Safety
2,540
2,500
  Religious Worship
482
616
  Warehouse and Storage
1,230
1,154
  Other 3
4,459
4,708
  Vacant
644
327
 
Total Northeast
2,585
2,584
  Education
7,171
6,341
  Food Sales
Q
  Food Service 
2,137
Q
  Health Care
13,496
12,311
  Lodging
4,829
10,536
  Mercantile and Service
1,401
1,356
  Office
3,895
3,515
  Public Assembly
2,658
2,822
  Public Order and Safety
3,115
2,016
  Religious Worship
676
670
  Warehouse and Storage
1,563
1,661
  Other 3
2,812
Q
  Vacant
Q
390
 
Total Midwest
2,415
2,212
  Education
7,422
6,053
  Food Sales
3,263
Q
  Food Service 
2,572
2,173
  Health Care
16,242
11,956
  Lodging
5,790
5,673
  Mercantile and Service
1,477
1,388
  Office
4,117
3,271
  Public Assembly
1,786
1,937
  Public Order and Safety
2,085
  Religious Worship
646
702
  Warehouse and Storage
1,303
1,092
  Other 3
Q
Q
  Vacant
600
Q
 
Total South
1,928
2,113
  Education
2,819
2,670
  Food Sales
2,029
2,210
  Food Service 
2,310
2,519
  Health Care
17,526
7,365
  Lodging
5,657
5,806
  Mercantile and Service
1,302
1,720
  Office
3,259
2,546
  Public Assembly
2,631
1,888
  Public Order and Safety
1,961
3,168
  Religious Worship
349
503
  Warehouse and Storage
1,106
1,098
  Other 3
5,584
  Vacant
318
245
 
Total West
2,341
2,371
  Education
2,125
2,063
  Food Sales
3,525
2,735
  Food Service 
2,641
1,913
  Health Care
3,421
9,438
  Lodging
5,939
3,496
  Mercantile and Service
1,679
1,470
  Office
3,432
4,830
  Public Assembly
2,648
Q
  Public Order and Safety
Q
  Religious Worship
583
669
  Warehouse and Storage
1,095
945
  Other 3
3,876
Q
  Vacant
1,642
316

1 Sum of major fuels. Weather-adjusted energy consumption for 1999 and 2003 is not reported because 1999 and 2003 CBECS do not estimate energy consumption for space heating, space cooling, and ventilation. To aggregate Census division degree-days to Census regions, each division value is weighted by its percentage of the total Census region population.
2 Estimates adjusted to match the 1995 CBECS definition of target population. More information available online: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs/comparesampdesign.html
3 Laboratory buildings are included in the "Other" category.
Q = Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error was greater than 50 percent or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled.
Sources: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Surveys, 1992, 1995, and EIA, "Annual Energy Review," 2005; Tables 1.10 and 1.19. Available online: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/ptb0110.html, and http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/ptb0109.html

 

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