Released: Dec 2006
Next CBECS will be conducted in 2007
Table C3A.  Consumption and Gross Energy Intensity for Sum of Major Fuels for All Buildings, 2003
  All Buildings Sum of Major Fuel Consumption
Number of Buildings (thousand) Floorspace (million
square feet)		 Floorspace
per Building (thousand square feet)		 Total (trillion
Btu)		 per
Building
(million
Btu)		 per
Square Foot (thousand Btu)
All Buildings ................................ 4,859 71,658 14.7 6,523 1,342 91.0
Building Floorspace
(Square Feet)
1,001 to 5,000 ................................ 2,586 6,922 2.7 685 265 99.0
5,001 to 10,000 .............................. 948 7,033 7.4 563 594 80.0
10,001 to 25,000 ............................ 810 12,659 15.6 899 1,110 71.0
25,001 to 50,000 ............................ 261 9,382 36.0 742 2,843 79.0
50,001 to 100,000 .......................... 147 10,291 70.2 913 6,230 88.7
100,001 to 200,000 ........................ 74 10,217 138.6 1,064 14,436 104.2
200,001 to 500,000 ........................ 26 7,494 287.6 751 28,831 100.2
Over 500,000 ................................. 8 7,660 937.6 906 110,855 118.2
Principal Building Activity
Education ....................................... 386 9,874 25.6 820 2,125 83.1
Food Sales ..................................... 226 1,255 5.6 251 1,110 199.7
Food Service ................................. 297 1,654 5.6 427 1,436 258.3
Health Care .................................... 129 3,163 24.6 594 4,612 187.7
  Inpatient ....................................... 8 1,905 241.4 475 60,152 249.2
  Outpatient .................................... 121 1,258 10.4 119 985 94.6
Lodging .......................................... 142 5,096 35.8 510 3,578 100.0
Mercantile ...................................... 657 11,192 17.0 1,021 1,556 91.3
  Retail (Other Than Mall) ............... 443 4,317 9.7 319 720 73.9
  Enclosed and Strip Malls .............. 213 6,875 32.2 702 3,292 102.2
Office ............................................. 824 12,208 14.8 1,134 1,376 92.9
Public Assembly ............................ 277 3,939 14.2 370 1,338 93.9
Public Order and Safety ................ 71 1,090 15.5 126 1,791 115.8
Religious Worship .......................... 370 3,754 10.1 163 440 43.5
Service .......................................... 622 4,050 6.5 312 501 77.0
Warehouse and Storage ............... 597 10,078 16.9 456 764 45.2
Other .............................................. 79 1,738 21.9 286 3,600 164.4
Vacant ........................................... 182 2,567 14.1 54 294 20.9
Year Constructed
Before 1920 ................................... 333 3,784 11.4 303 912 80.2
1920 to 1945 .................................. 536 6,985 13.0 631 1,177 90.4
1946 to 1959 .................................. 573 7,262 12.7 588 1,026 80.9
1960 to 1969 .................................. 600 8,641 14.4 791 1,317 91.5
1970 to 1979 .................................. 784 12,275 15.6 1,191 1,518 97.0
1980 to 1989 .................................. 768 12,468 16.2 1,247 1,622 100.0
1990 to 1999 .................................. 917 13,981 15.2 1,262 1,376 90.2
2000 to 2003 .................................. 347 6,262 18.1 511 1,473 81.6
Census Region and Division
Northeast ....................................... 761 13,995 18.4 1,396 1,834 99.8
  New England ............................... 252 3,452 13.7 345 1,368 99.8
  Middle Atlantic .............................. 509 10,543 20.7 1,052 2,064 99.7
Midwest ......................................... 1,305 18,103 13.9 1,799 1,379 99.4
  East North Central ........................ 728 12,424 17.1 1,343 1,846 108.1
  West North Central ...................... 577 5,680 9.8 456 790 80.2
South ............................................. 1,873 26,739 14.3 2,265 1,209 84.7
  South Atlantic .............................. 926 13,999 15.1 1,241 1,340 88.7
  East South Central ....................... 360 3,719 10.3 340 944 91.4
  West South Central ...................... 587 9,022 15.4 684 1,164 75.8
West .............................................. 920 12,820 13.9 1,063 1,156 82.9
  Mountain ...................................... 316 4,207 13.3 446 1,411 106.1
  Pacific .......................................... 603 8,613 14.3 617 1,022 71.6
Climate Zone: 30-Year Average
Under 2,000 CDD and --
  More than 7,000 HDD ................... 882 11,529 13.1 1,086 1,231 94.2
  5,500-7,000 HDD ......................... 1,229 18,808 15.3 1,929 1,570 102.6
  4,000-5,499 HDD ............ 701 12,503 17.8 1,243 1,773 99.4
  Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................ 1,336 17,630 13.2 1,386 1,038 78.6
2,000 CDD or More and --
  Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................ 711 11,189 15.7 879 1,236 78.6
Number of Establishments
One ................................................ 3,754 45,144 12.0 4,167 1,110 92.3
2 to 5 .............................................. 762 12,565 16.5 1,161 1,525 92.4
6 to 10 ............................................ 117 3,358 28.6 378 3,222 112.6
11 to 20 .......................................... 47 3,369 71.8 307 6,540 91.1
More than 20 .................................. 22 5,060 227.3 473 21,234 93.4
Currently Unoccupied .................... 157 2,161 13.8 37 237 17.2
Energy Sources (more than
one may apply)
Electricity ....................................... 4,617 70,181 15.2 6,522 1,413 92.9
Natural Gas .................................... 2,538 48,473 19.1 5,042 1,987 104.0
Fuel Oil ........................................... 465 16,265 35.0 1,867 4,012 114.8
District Heat ................................... 67 5,576 83.1 1,029 15,337 184.6
Energy End Uses (more than
one may apply)
Buildings with Space Heating ........ 4,182 66,446 15.9 6,370 1,523 95.9
Buildings with Cooling .................... 3,825 63,560 16.6 6,149 1,608 96.7
Buildings with Water Heating ......... 3,659 62,827 17.2 6,158 1,683 98.0
See "Guide to the Tables" or "Glossary" for further explanations of the terms used in this table. Both can be accessed from the CBECS web site   http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/.
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled.
N=No responding cases in sample.
Notes: ● Statistics for the "Energy End Uses" category represent total consumption in buildings that have the end use, not consumption specifically for that particular end use. ● HVAC = Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. ● Due to rounding, data may not sum to totals.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Forms EIA-871A, C, and E of the 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.