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U.S. Commercial Buildings Energy Intensity


Released Date: December 2004
Page Last Modified: Jan 2007


 
Table 8b. U.S. Commercial Buildings Energy Intensity Using Weather-Adjusted Site Energy1 by Census Region and Principal Building Activity, 1992-1995
(Thousand Btu per Square Foot)
Principal Building Activity
and Census Region
Survey Years
19922
1995
U.S. Total
162
177
  Education
134
134
  Food Sales
487
581
  Food Service 
419
485
  Health Care
402
417
  Lodging
298
228
  Mercantile and Service
146
153
  Office
218
223
  Public Assembly
147
197
  Public Order and Safety
182
172
  Religious Worship
47
59
  Warehouse and Storage
82
79
  Other 3
301
316
  Vacant
49
36
 
Total Northeast
152
158
  Education
132
127
  Food Sales
Q
Q
  Food Service 
258
Q
  Health Care
373
418
  Lodging
241
310
  Mercantile and Service
123
115
  Office
194
183
  Public Assembly
136
187
  Public Order and Safety
184
143
  Religious Worship
46
62
  Warehouse and Storage
92
99
  Other 3
241
Q
  Vacant
Q
16
 
Total Midwest
174
176
  Education
143
127
  Food Sales
514
Q
  Food Service 
437
317
  Health Care
475
487
  Lodging
262
237
  Mercantile and Service
154
169
  Office
240
219
  Public Assembly
157
181
  Public Order and Safety
Q
148
  Religious Worship
49
63
  Warehouse and Storage
103
87
  Other 3
Q
Q
  Vacant
50
Q
 
Total South
158
178
  Education
118
128
  Food Sales
475
562
  Food Service 
471
619
  Health Care
427
412
  Lodging
306
226
  Mercantile and Service
157
162
  Office
236
218
  Public Assembly
139
185
  Public Order and Safety
193
173
  Religious Worship
49
49
  Warehouse and Storage
71
71
  Other 3
Q
412
  Vacant
31
32
 
Total West
165
195
  Education
148
161
  Food Sales
538
424
  Food Service 
630
466
  Health Care
265
364
  Lodging
369
198
  Mercantile and Service
142
162
  Office
193
265
  Public Assembly
176
Q
  Public Order and Safety
Q
Q
  Religious Worship
41
70
  Warehouse and Storage
68
65
  Other 3
225
Q
  Vacant
77
48

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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